Original title: Project Namak: some of the most spectacular findings in the Iranian salt karst
Authors: Filippi, Michal ; Bruthans, J. ; Jager, O. ; Zare, M. ; Asadi, N.
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: International Congress of Speleology /16./, Brno (CZ), 2013-07-21 / 2013-07-28
Year: 2013
Language: eng
Abstract: Project (“namak” means salt in Persian language) is an informal association of geologists and speleologists who cooperate on exploration and scientific research of the salt karst in southern and southwestern Iran. During the Project(from 1998 until 2013) about 16 salt diapirs were visited and more than 60 caves were discovered, 30 of which were mapped. The most exciting scientific and speleological discoveries were made in the Namakdan, Hormoz and Jahani salt diapirs; however, many other remarkable discoveries have been made on other several Iranian salt diapirs. This contribution summarizes the most interesting findings achieved during the ten expeditions carried out by the NAMAK team.
Keywords: Iran salt karst; karst; salt karst; speleology
Project no.: KJB315040801 (CEP)
Funding provider: GA AV ČR
Host item entry: 16th International Congress of Speleology : Czech Republic, Brno July 21-28, 2013 : proceedings, ISBN 978-80-87857-09-0

Institution: Institute of Geology AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at the institute of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0223058

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