Our article in the prestigious journal American Journal of Cave and Karst cave Studies 
Cavallari Photo by Comrade search of caves and caving Dear Francesco Nozzoli
,
also writing on behalf of Stefano and Luca Bevilacqua Cavallari you about this news:
E 'can be downloaded (for free) from the site of the Journal of Cave and Karst Studies
publication that summarizes the work we have done on trying to cave
http://www.caves.org/pub/journal/PDF/v71/cave-71-02-130.pdf Il lavoro è un po tecnico (ed è in inglese) però può essere utile
dare un'occhiata per capire che il fenomeno e' complesso, ma interessante
e soprattutto che il futuro contributo di tutti gli spelei (anche i meno acculturati)
può essere importante per avanzamenti in questo lavoro.
Infatti se vedete dei cerchi (sul pavimento) intorno a delle stalagmiti potete:
1) non pestarli e preservarli
2) fotografarli mettendo vicino qualcosa che faccia da scala
3) verificare se la stalattite e' attiva ed eventualmente quanto goccia al secondo
4) catalogarli assegnando un numero se sono più di uno e posizionandoli sul rilievo
5) Measure the diameter smaller (in the case of ellipses) and distance from the stalactite (on ceiling)
(preferably with a laser distance meter level and repeating several times the size)
6) If you send data to us, we will update a database with all measures, each measure
helps to reduce uncertainty about the parameters that describe the phenomenon
.
Keep in mind that the smaller circles have so far measured diameter of about 4 cm
and the biggest of about 50 cm so I'm especially looking for interesting
smaller than 5 cm and larger than 40 cm, but are also harder to find, so look carefully
your step and sharpen your sight!
Nb and 'possible (and interesting) also find very small circles etched in
negative plaster, for example, have a look at the picture in the article by Davis P157:
http://www.caves.org/pub / journal/PDF/V62/v62n2-Davis.pdf thank all the cavers who have helped us in collecting data
circles, and a partial list 'on the work of JCKS,
and we hope this list goes on future ....
Hello everyone
Francis Nozzoli
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