After 2007, in the end of 2010 May,appearance of another giant sinkhole shocked Guatemala City. The beast have a diameter of around 25m, a depth of at least 60m, swallowed a three storey house, and killed one local. In 2007, a similar sinkhole with a depth of 100m was “born” in the same area. The [...]
Category Archives: karst
Grotta Davor
May 28, 2010 – 12:50 pm
Davorjevo Brezno – Kozina (Hrpelje), SLO
Together with the Jamarsko Drustvo Herpelje Kozina, the CGEB has found and explored a new vertical cave in the Classical Karst, just beyond the Italian-Slovenjan border. The cave, 200 m deep and almost a kilometer long, has the biggest drop of 60 m, and includes several large [...]
The stone forest of Madagascar
February 12, 2010 – 7:53 am
On espeleobloc you can read about the stone forest of Tsingy, which is a unique karst phenomena in Madagascar. Dissolution created a forest of blade-sharp limestone formations.