Speleology: The Study of Caves |
Contents
1 Introduction | 3 |
2 Origin of Caves | 9 |
DISTRIBUTION OF CAVE PASSAGES | 15 |
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Common terms and phrases
air currents aragonite autotrophic average bacteria Breathing Cave Bull calcite calcium carbon dioxide carbon dioxide content carbonic acid Carlsbad Caverns cave animals cave coral cave crickets cave deposits cave environment Cave explorers cave fish cave flowers cave minerals cave passages cave pools Cave rats cave silt cave walls cave water cave-dwelling caves contain ceiling centimeters climatic commonly crayfish crystal structure cycle dark zone diameter dissolved domepits entrance feed floor flow flowstone found in caves Geol grow growth guano gypsum H₂O helictites Homo horizontal humidity insects isopods karst Kentucky kilometers known large numbers lava tubes layer Lilburn Cave limestone limestone caves live Mammoth Cave meters Mexico microorganisms millimeters millipedes moonmilk moves Natl occur organic material oscillations period pigment pressure radiocarbon salamanders saturated scallops soil solution species Speleol Speleology speleothems spring springtails stalactites stalagmite streams study of caves supersaturated surface troglobitic trogloxenes tubular stalactite underground undersaturated usually Virginia water table