Selected publications:
  • Kostov, K, S. Shanov, G. Suranyi, 2010. Seismotecotnic study of two caves in Rhodopes Mts, South Bulgaria. Abstracts 18-th Int. Karst. School, Postojna, Slovenia, p. 39.
  • Kostov, K., 2010. The Restless Earth. BBC Knowledge - Bulgaria, 57-61 (In Bulgarian).
  • Kostov, K., 2008. The World of Caves. In: The Earth - the Restless Planet, A Kunov (Ed.), BG-Print, Vratsa, Bulgaria, 513-519 (In Bulgarian).
  • Kostov, K., 2008. Indices of Paleoseismicity in Karst Terrains. Ph.D. Thesis, Geological Institute - BAS, 191 p. (In Bulgarian).
  • Szeidovitz Gy., Paskaleva I., Gribovszki. K., Kostov. K., Suranyi G., Varga P., Nikolov G., 2008. Estimation of an upper limit on prehistoric peak ground acceleration using the parameters of intact speleothems in caves situated at the western part of Balkan Mountain Range, North-West Bulgaria. Acta Geod. Geoph. Hung., 43(2-3): 249-266.
  • Paskaleva I., Gribovszki K., Kostov K., Varga P., Nikolov G., 2008. Peak ground acceleration assessment using the parameters of intact speleothems in caves situated in NW and SW Bulgaria. Proceedings Int. Conf. on Civil Engineering Design and Construction, 12-14 September 2008, Varna, Bulgaria, 249-264.
  • Kostov, K. S. Shanov., 2006. Records of catastrophic events on speleothems: case studies from the Rhodopes, Southern Bulgaria. Proc. Int. Symposium Climate Change: The Karst Record (IV), 26-29. 05. 2006, Baile Herculane, Romania, 36-38.
  • Paskaleva, I., G. Szeidovitz, K. Kostov, G. Koleva, G. Nikolov, K. Gribovszki, T. Czifra, 2006. Calculating the peak ground horizontal acceleration generated by paleoearthquakes from failure tensile stress of speleothems. Proc. International Conference on Civil Engineering Design and Construction 14-16 September 2006, Varna, Bulgaria, 281-286.
  • Kostov, K., 2005. Paleoseismological traces in caves in Bulgaria. Acta Carsologica, 13-th Int. Karstological School “Classical Karst”, 27-30. 06. 2005, Postojna, Slovenia, p. 30.
  • Yaneva, M., A. Radulov, G. Nikolov, S. Shanov, T. Camelbeeck, N. Nikolov, A. Mitev, K. Kostov, K. Vaneste, K. Verbeeck. 2004. Geological records for paleoseismicity of Popovitsa fault in a trench near Popovitsa, Southern Bulgaria. Proc. Conf. of the Bulgarian Geological Society “Geology 2004”, Sofia, 16-17. 12. 2004, 107-109.
  • Kostov, K., 2002. Speleothems as paleoseismic indicators: examples from Bulgaria. Environmental Catastrophes and Recoveries in the Holocene Conference, August 29 - September 2, 2002, Brunel University, London, 43-44.
  • Kostov, K. 2001. Palaeoseismoligical studies in Bulgarian caves. In: Abstracts of Fifth Int. Conference on Geomorphology, 23-28 August 2001, Tokyo, Japan, p. 131.
  • Angelova D., A. Benderev, K. Kostov. 1999. On the age of the caves in the Stara Planina Iskar gorge, NW Bulgaria. Proc. “Karst 99” Europ. Conf., 10-15. 09. 1999, Grand Causses - Verkors, France, 29-35.
  • Shanov, S, K. Kourtev, K. Kostov, G. Nikolov, A. Boykova, A. Benderev. 2001. Palaeoseismological traces in the Lepenitsa Cave, Velingrad district, South Bulgaria. RIVIERA 2000 - Tectonicue active et geomorphologique, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, Revue d,Analyse Spatiale - No special, 151-154.
  • Kostov, K., S. Shanov, K. Kourtev, G. Nikolov, A. Boykova, A. Benderev, 2000. Broken speleothems as indicators of palaeoseismic activity: An example from Lepenitsa Cave in the Western Rhodope Mts., South Bulgaria, Abstr. Geological Conference, 11-13 October, 2000, Sofia, 217-218.
  • Kostov, K., S. Delaby, S. Shanov, 2000. Deformations on speleothems in Troana Cave, Central Fore-Balkan, North Bulgaria. Proc. First National Conf. "Environment and cultural heritage in Karst", 10-12. 11. 2000, Sofia, .44-47.
  • Kostov, K. 1999. Data about Quaternary tectonic activity in Labirinta Cave in Stara Planina Iskar Gorge, NW Bulgaria. Theoretical & Applied Karstology, Vol 11 - 12, 1998-1999, 17-22.
  • Kostov, K. 1997. Karst morphology in Bazovski part of Vratsa Mountain (Stara Planina, NW Bulgaria). Proc. 12-th Int. Congr. Speleology, 10-17. 08. 1997, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, Vol. 8, 409-412.

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