Of Earth's Shape and Size - from the Ancient Times to Nowadays
Practical Geophysical Methods of Cave Detection
Atanas Rusev, Tanya Slavova
Geophysical methods of cave detection have, to date, reaped few positive results in finding new caves. As and report, however, this isn't inevitable. Here they describe cave detection, using ground-penetrating radar, magnetometry, gravimetry and infrared imaging, and illustrate the techniques with case studies showing the discovery of new caves and entrances.
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A Talk about Geodesy, Science and Education
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard Feynman
This article is available in Bulgarian only HERE.
Geodesy at the Bar
"Lectures at the Bar"Lectures at the Bar" is a new project that started last month at "Mixtape 5" club in Sofia. It intagrates the typically inconceivable combination between consciousness and fun in a muted atmosphere and drinks that could be conductive to a variety of topics in arts and science.
After the lectures on "Feminism" and "Cosmic Distances" it comes the third one on "Coordinates of the Living Water"Coordinates of the Living Water". Personally I promise to bring you under the ground - both figuratively and literally, regarding to the location of the bar, to initiate you in the exploration of a fairy world. Those of you who follow my work might be familiar with some keywords but you must be sure that this lecture is going to be different from what you already know.
So, meet you there on 5 April!
Underground Kingdom: Ad Augusta, Per Angusta
The article is available only in Bulgarian Multi-sensor Cave Detection
Tanya Slavova & Atanas Rusev
Caves are important for a wide variety of work fields, ranging from construction engineering to mineral exploration and archaeology. Despite their scientific importance, geologists expect that only a relatively small number of caves have been discovered so far. Current exploration efforts are mainly done by speleologists, but this is a time-consuming activity and limited to exploration based on existing surface openings. The authors of this article show that the combination of multiple geophysical techniques provides an easier and effective on-surface exploration method that meets the challenges of complex karst environments.
Underground Cave Detection by Gravimetry
Abstract of Dissertation
Tanya Slavova
Both natural and man-made underground cavities are features that could give the answers to variety of questions. This dissertation is dedicated to both colleagues in geodesy and a broad range of other scientists and explorers. The results are of interest for specialists in speleology, geology, geomorphology, hydrogeology, mineralogy, biology, archeology, etc., and that is what defines the multidisciplinary significance of the problem.
