Marco Vattano (*), Philippe Audra (**), Jean-Yves Bigot (***), Jo De Waele (°), Giuliana Madonia (*) & Jean-Claude Nobécourt (°°)
(*) Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare, University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 22, 90123 Palermo, Italy. E-mail: giuliana.madonia@unipa.it; marco.vattano@unipa.it
(**) Polytech'Nice-Sophia, Engineering School of Nice, Sophia Antipolis University, 1645 Route des Lucioles, 06410 Biot, France. e-mail: audra@unice.fr
(***) Association Française de karstologie, 21 Rue des Hospices, 34090 Montpellier, France. E-mail: catherine.arnoux@club-internet.fr
(°) Istituto Italiano di Speleologia, University of Bologna, Via Zamboni 67, 40127 Bologna, Italy. E-mail: jo.dewaele@unibo.it
(°°) Crespe, Le Hameau de l'Ara, 259 Bd Reine Jeanne, 06140 Vence, France. E-mail: jcnobecourt@free.fr