21st British Cave Research Association
Cave Science Symposium
Saturday 6th March 2010
University of Bristol
Third Circular: 15 February 2010
The British Cave Research Association is pleased to give final details of its one-day annual Cave Science Symposium that will be held in the School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, [University building no. 27], University Road, Bristol, BS8 1SS on Saturday 6 March 2010. The meeting will be hosted by Dr. David Richards, with the support of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society. Whether you are an academic, an amateur scientist or a caver wanting to find out more about the underground environment, you will find something of interest at the Symposium. A full programme of presentations is attached. An associated BCRA Cave Science Field Meeting on Sunday 7 March to Gough’s Cave, Cheddar, is also confirmed, as announced in a separate Circular.
The School of Geographical Sciences is centrally located in Bristol. From the M32, continue in the right-hand lane, following Clifton signs. At St. James Barton roundabout take the second exit and follow signs to the University. Continue over several sets of traffic lights. Just after the entrance to a multi-storey car park on the left, turn right into Woodland Road and later take left turns into one-way Elton Road, Elmvale Road and University Road, where the venue is on the right for dropping off. Park in Woodland Road, or in the multi-storey car park and walk west via Park Row and Queens Road to University Road. If arriving by train, you are advised to alight at Temple Meads. It is a c. 30-minute walk to the University, the last section being steeply uphill. Alternatively, take the train to Clifton Down station, a 10 minute walk, or use bus 8/8A/9/9A, to the University.
Useful websites: BCRA: University: Department: Travel advice: Accommodation:
In order to avoid delay to the start, please arrive by 9.30am, when registration will commence. Admission charges, to include morning and afternoon refreshments, will be £6, or free for speakers, students and BCRA members. Attendees are advised to bring their own lunch packs or use local sandwich shops (Prêt-a-manger, Cafe Gusto). For any further information, please contact the lecture secretary, Trevor Faulkner, by 4 March at: t.faulkner [at] bcra.org.uk or by telephone at: +44 (0)1625 531558. All are welcome, and we look forward to seeing you at the Symposium.
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Programme 21st Cave Science Symposium
University of Bristol, 6 March 2010
REGISTRATION AND COFFEE09.30-10.00
Sale of BCRA publications
Introduction: David Richards, Symposium Host10.00–10.05
Cave archaeology: Chairman: David Richards
Alistair Pike10.05–10.25
Dating cave art by U-series disequilibrium: Recent results from Northern Spain
Jodie Lewis10.25-10.45
Neolithic cave archaeology from the Mendip Hills
Danielle Schreve10.45–11.05
The Lateglacial in Somerset: New information from Gully Cave, Ebbor Gorge
Mark Lewis11.05-11.25
Palynology of hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) coprolites from British Pleistocene sites.
COFFEE11.25–11.40
Speleogenesis in the Mendips: Chairman: Ian Fairchild
Alexander Gee11.40–12.00
Halloween Rift and Eastwater Cavern: A report on recent studies
Andy Farrant12.00–12.20
Cave development in the Cheddar catchment: Testing classic models in a classic area
Andy Farrant12.20–12.35
Field Visit toGough's Cave: Geomorphology
BCRA news and discussion: Dave Checkley, BCRA Chairman12.35–12.55
LUNCH and poster displays12.55–13.40
Matthew Box
High Resolution Multi-Proxy Palaeoclimate Records from Australasian Speleothems
Trevor Faulkner
The deglaciation of stripe karst marbles in central Scandinavia
Trevor Faulkner
Holocene deposits from Neptune’s Cave, Nordland, Norway: Environmental interpretation and relation to the deglacial and emergence history of the Velfjord–Tosenfjord area.
Mike Simms
Tortoises and Hares: Dissolution, erosion, isostasy and long-term landscape evolution.
Mike Simms
Lake-shore karren: A neglected area of karst research.
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Attendees are advised to bring their own lunch packs or use convenient take-away shops in the vicinity. Food can be consumed on the premises. Tea, coffee and fruit juice will also be provided.
Karst studies: Chairman: Andy Farrant
Derek Ford13.40–14.00
From the Plains of Abraham to Dodo Canyon: Remarkable dolomite karst in permafrostin theMackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada
Stefan Doerr14.00–14.20 Origin and karst geomorphological significance of the enigmatic Nullarbor Plain ‘blowholes’
Mike Simms
The Pit and the Pedestal: Tales of the Unexpected14.20–14.40
Louise Maurice14.40–15.00
Karst development in the English Chalk
Ian Fairchild15.00-15.20
Dynamics of circulation of air in caves and its implications for speleothems
COFFEE15.20–15.35
Speleothem studies: Chairman: Trevor Faulkner
Charles Self15.35–15.55
Which features of the cave environment control the growth of speleothems?
Jinni King15.55–16.15
Microbial impacts on speleothem palaeoenvironmental proxies
Natalie Ludgate16.15–16.35
Organic matter preserved in cave sediments: A new environmental proxy
Gina Moseley16.35–16.55
Relative sea level fluctuations during the early-middle Holocene based on speleothems from the circum-Caribbean region
Concluding discussions16.55–17.05
Close: Trevor Faulkner, Symposium lecture secretary17.05-17.10
FINAL COFFEE17.10–17.30
Tour of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society Library and Museum17.30–
The UBSS premises are within 5 minutes of the School of Geographical Sciences. We are invited to visit them, hosted by Graham Mullan and Charles Self.