GENESIS AND FORMATIONS OF HYDROTHERMAL CAVES International conference on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Pál-völgy Cave June 21–24, 2004 Budapest/Hungary

[Registration form]

PROGRAMME

		June 21. Monday
8^00	Registration (entrance building of Szemlő-hegy Cave)
10^00	Official opening (entrance building of Szemlő-hegy Cave)
11^00	Papers (entrance building of Szemlő-hegy Cave)
	– Müller Pál Mihály: Role of deep crustal or mantle carbon di-oxide in the formation of the Buda caves and in that of other hydrothermal caves
	– Takácsné Bolner Katalin: A comparative analysis on the morphology and mineralogy of the Rózsadomb caves
	– Korpás László: Quaternary travertines as indicators of paleo karstwater-table, Buda Hills, Hungary
	– Péntek Kálmán: Mathematical modelling of spherical cavities development
	Lunch break
14^30	Papers (entrance building of Szemlő-hegy Cave)
	– Lorberer Árpád: The hydrogeological characteristics of the thermalkarstic springs and wells of Budapest
	– Sásdi László: The role of carbon dioxid filled gas bubbles in the development of hydrothermal caves
	– Pavuza, Rudolf: Hydrothermalkarst in Austria
	– Audra Philippe: Hydrothermal karst and caves in Southern France. Cave features, re-lated sediments and geneseis
	– Szabó Zoltán: Morphological elements of some caves formed in miocene aged lime-stone
16^30	Visit of the Szemlő-hegy Cave
18^00	Slide and video show (entrance building of Szemlő-hegy Cave)
	– Kalinovits Sándor: Molnár János Cave (slide)
	– Kiss Attila: Pál-völgy Cave (slide)
	– Palatinus József: From Hungarian Caves (stereo-slide)
		June 22. Tuesday
9^00	Papers (entrance building of Szemlő-hegy Cave)
	– Kardos Annamária: Caves of the Gellért Hill
	– Leél-Őssy Szabolcs: Genesis of József-hegy Cave
	– Sásdi László: Research of the Mátyás-hegy Cave’s sediment fill
	– Szabó Zoltán: The discovery of the caves along Ferenchegyi street, Budapest
	– Erőss Anita–Kalinovits Sándor–Mádlné Szőnyi Judit: Karsthydrological presentation of the Molnár János Cave
	– Nyerges Attila: The Devil’s Cave of Solymár
	Lunch break
14^00	Visit of the hydrothermal caves and springs of the Gellért Hill
18^00	Video show (entrance building of Szemlő-hegy Cave)
	– Feigel Lóránd: Budapest, Cave-Capital (video 30 min.)
	– Gotva Attila Searching for springs (video 35 min.)
	– Simon Béla: Pál-völgy Cave (video 30 min.)
		June 23. Wednesday
9^00	Festive session on the 100^th anniversary of the discovery of Pál-völgy Cave
	Papers (entrance building of Szemlő-hegy Cave)
	– Székely Kinga: Important personalities in the history of Pál-völgy Cave
	– Hazslinszky Tamás: Constructions and visitors of Pál-völgy Cave
	– Takácsné Bolner Katalin: Rare speleothems found in Pál-völgy Cave
	– Nyerges Attila: The map of Pál-völgy Cave
11^00	Greetings and congratulations (Pál-völgy limestone quarry)
	– Székely Kinga: Contributions to the early discoveries in Pál-völgy Cave
12^00	Book presentation, cave visit
13^00	Common lunch for the participants (Pál-völgy limestone quarry)
15^00	Papers (entrance building of Szemlő-hegy Cave)
	– Zentay Péter: The exploration of Pál-völgy Cave from 1980 untill today
	– Takácsné Bolner Katalin: Contributions to the bat fauna of Pál-völgy Cave
	– Rajczy Miklós–Buczkó Krisztina–Hazslinszky Tamás: Fight against lampflora – Pál-völgyi Cave (1992–2004)
20^00	Concert in the Pál-völgy limestone quarry (Miskolc Dixieland Band)
	v v v On this day an occasional post office will sell and stamp postcards (pressed with cave stamp) published for the anniversary (at Pál-völgy Cave). Admission for the concert is free for the participants; for non-participants the ticket is 700 Ft which includes the cave trip.
		June 24. Thursday
9^00	Papers (entrance building of Szemlő-hegy Cave)
	– Kocsis Ákos: Recently discovered hydrothermal caves in the eastern part of the Karst of Dunántúl mountain of medium heith
	– Tóth Judit–Dezső József: Cave deposits, spherical cavity and water chemistry of the lake in Váralja Cave in Siklós
	– Kolláth János: New results in the exploration of Tapolca Cave
	– Szabó Zoltán: Hydrological and morphological relations of Tapolca Lake Cave
	– Lénárt László: Hydrothermal Karst in North Hungary and South Slovakia; traces found here that relate to hydrothermal cavity
14^00	Closing ceremony (entrance building of Szemlő-hegy Cave)

Cave trips in hydrothermal caves of Budapest and outskirts of Budapest

In the framework of the conference we enable the participants to visit the most significant caves of the area. For visiting the caves listed below previous registration is needed.

For those who do not attend the conference but would join the cave trips should register as Tourist participant .

	Sign
Szemlő-hegy Cave Show cave part: in regular clothing, with electric illumination. Duration: 40 minutes.	Sh
Pál-völgy Cave 1. Show cave part: in regular clothing, with electric lighting. Because of ladders built in it is not recommended for small children, old people or for people with physical disabilities. Duration: 40 minutes.	P1
2. Big circle: formations decorated part of the cave which was discovered after 1981; medium difficult crowling and climbing. Basic cave gear is needed. Only electric light is allowed. Duration: app. 3 hours.	P2
3. ’Jubileum’ part: This is the recently discovered part which is rich in the most beautiful formations. Difficult climbing and crowling involved, at more difficult parts ladders and ropes are built in. Basic cave gear is needed. Only electric light is allowed. Duration: app. 5 hours.	P3
Ferenc-hegy Cave This cave has typical hydrothermal formations. Medium difficult trip. asic cave gear is needed. Only electric light is allowed. Duration: app. 3 hours.	F
Mátyás-hegy Cave Not reach in speleothem but has interesting shapes. Easy trip. Basic cave gear is needed. Only electric light is allowed. Duration: 2 hours.	M
Devil’s Hole of Solymár	So
Interesting and diversified shapes. Easy trip (at more difficult parts ladder and ropes are built in). Basic cave gear is needed. Duration: 2 hours. (Travelling time: 30 min. each way)
Sátorkő-puszta Cave	Sp
Typical hydrothermal cave (spherical cavity) with gypsum concretion. Access is slightly difficult, ladders and ropes are built in. Basic cave gear is needed. Additional electric light is needed to the cave’s basic illumination. Duration: 1-1,5 hours (Travelling time: 1 hour each way)
József-hegy Cave	J
The most beautiful and the richest cave in Budapest. Access is limited because of its vulnerable nature. Basic cave gear is needed. Only electric light is allowed. Duration: app. 2 hours.
Molnár János Cave Cave diving in the largest hydrothermal underwater cave of the world. Own equipment is needed. We ensure air or nitrox filling.	D

Participation fees	Euro
Full participant can attend all the programs of the conference (opening and closing ceremony, lunch on 23 June, lectures, slide shows, show cave tours and trips in overalls) and will receive all the publications (program, related publications, abstracts of the papers, the book of all the papers).	130
Accompanying can attend all the programs of the conference (opening and closing ceremony, lunch on 23 June, lectures, slide shows, show cave tours and trips in overalls).	110
Tourist participant can attend show cave tours (2) and trips in overalls (7), slide shows and closing ceremony.	75
Cave diving can attend diving in the Molnár János Cave, slide shows and closing ceremony	65

Please, transfer the participation fee to the following bank account:

Kereskedelmi és Hitelbank Rt. 10200830-32310384

To: Magyar Karszt- és Barlangkutató Társulat

Note: Hydrothermal Caves Conference

CAVE DAY

Meeting of Hungarian cavers

June 25-27, Budapest, Pál-völgy Quarry

Programs: cave trips, cave competition, presentation of the Hungarian Cave Rescue Team, slide and video show, camp-fire, diner at Saturday

Accomodation in own tents (for request we can book other form of accomodation see at the conference registration form)

Registration fee: 50 Euro, includes speleo-camp, diner, participation at the above mentioned prog-ramme, T-shirt, postcard with cave stamp. Can be payed on the site.

Organizer

Hungarian Speleological Society

(Magyar Karszt- és Barlangkutató Társulat)

1025 Budapest/Hungary, Pusztaszeri út 35.

Tel.: 36-1-346-0494, Fax: 36-1-346-0495

E-mail: mkbt@axelero.hu

http://www.barlang.hu/pages/thermal.htm

Co-organizer

Department of Speleology and Geology

of Ministry of Environment and Water

Board of Duna-Ipoly National Park