EDITORIAL Frontiers of Appalachian Karst Research

摘要

Following the success of the first Appalachian Karst Symposium held at Radford University (Kastning and Kastning, 1991), the second Appalachian Karst Symposium was held at the Gray Fossil Site, East Tennessee State University on May 7-10, 2008. The symposium was sponsored by the General Shale Brick Natural History Museum and the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at ETSU and supported by the ESRI software company, the Environmental Protection Agency Region III, the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation Natural Heritage Program, the Virginia Cave Board, the Cave Conservancy Foundation, the Cave Conservancy of the Virginias, P.E. LaMoreaux & Associates, Inc., the Karst Waters Institute, the National Speleological Society, and the Journal of Cave and Karst Studies.