Monday, February 23, 2009: 10:10 a.m.
Neven Kresic, Ph.D.
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MACTEC, Engineering and Consulting Inc., Ashburn, VA
Zoran Stevanovic, Professor
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Institute of Hydrogeology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Gultekin Gunay
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Keystone Engineering, Ankara, Turkey
Ezzat Raeisi, Ph.D.
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Department of Earsth Science, Sharaz University, Sharaz, Iran
Many of the world’s largest springs are located in karst regions of the Euro-Asian Alpine orogeny belt, including The Balkans, Turkey, Iraq and Iran. Most of them have been used for water supply and irrigation, sometimes for millennia. Their hydrogeologic and hydrologic characteristics, as well as engineering aspects of utilization and protection, are explained with an emphasis on sustainable use.
1 MACTEC, Inc., 21740 Beaumeade Circle, Ste 150, Ashburn, VA 20147, nakresic@mactec.com 2 University of Belgrade, Dept. of Hydrogeology, Djusina 7, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia, zstev@eunet.yu 3 Keystone Engineering, 5 Blok No 12 Çayyolu, 06810 Ankara, Turkey, ggunay@ttnet.net.tr 4 Department of Earth Science, Shiraz University
