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Cave Geology:     more books (100)

Caves by Tony Waltham, 1974 The geology and physiography of the Mammoth Cave national park, (Kentucky. Geological survey. Ser. VI. Pamphlet XXI) by A. K Lobeck, 1928 Without Rival: The Story of the Wonderful Cave of the Winds by Richard J Rhinehart, David Harris, et all 2000-06-26 Caves of New Jersey (New Jersey. Geological Survey. Bulletin 70) by Richard F Dalton, 1976 Geological Guide to Mammoth Cave National Park (Speleologia) by Arthur N. Palmer, 1979-04 Gems of the Golden State: The Best Caves to Visit in California by Ann Bosted, Peter Bosted, 2003-12 Caves and Speleology in Bulgaria by Petar Beron, Trifon Daaliev, et all 2006-11-30 Awesome Caverns of Marble in the Oregon Caves National Monuement: Documentary by Bert Webber, Margie Webber, 1998-04 Wilderness resources in Mammoth Cave National Park;: A regional approach (A Cave Research Foundation study) by Joseph K Davidson, 1971 Archaeo-Geology of Jaguar Cave, Upper Birch Creek Valley, Idaho (REPRINTed from Volume 17, No. 2, 1975, TEBIWA, the Journal of the Idaho State University Museum, Pocatello, Idaho) by Jr. Wakefield Dort, 1975 Geology of the Azores: Caves of the Azores, Algar Do Carvão, Furna de Água, Natal Caves, Galerias Da Feteira Natural stone bridge and caves;: Fascinating geology, history & legends by Brian B Turner, 1973 Geology of the Mammoth Cave Quadrangle Kentucky by Donald D. Haynes, 1964 Geology of Israel: Caves of Israel, Zedekiah's Cave, Qesem Cave, Hezekiah Tunnel, Ramat Hanadiv, Warren's Shaft, Rosh Hanikra Grottoes

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41. THE GEOLOGY OF ORGAN CAVE
    Organ cave is one of the finest examples of geology underground. Historical Organ cave is a National Natural Landmark, and a National Historic Landmark.  
    http://www.organcave.com/Geology.htm
    
    Extractions: HOME GIFT SHOP HISTORY CIVIL WAR HISTORY ... TIDBITS During your underground adventure witness the result of nature's awesome power. Water created this vast complex of massive passageways years ago and is still at work today. The cathedral-sized passageways are beautifully sculpted in limestone. Listen to the sound of an underground stream flowing in the otherwise silent world where beautiful calcite formations remain poised like sculptures on display. Resembling a huge Church Organ, the Rock Organ is the largest and most pronounced of the calcite formations in the cave. It is responsible for giving Organ Cave and the surrounding community its name more than a century ago. The Organ Cave System was formed during the Mississippian Age with rocks averaging 300-500 million years old. These rocks were formed from the shells and bones of limy animals inhabiting a shallow inland sea called the Mississippian Sea . Over the ages, the bodies of these creatures were turned into massive beds of limestone and underlying shale. The principal cave forming beds are the lower zones of the Denmar formation.

42. Geology News: Cave Discovered At Sequoia And Kings Canyon National Parks
    The cave features large passages and rooms – many of which are more than 50 feet wide – and beautiful cave formations. These include long and graceful cave  
    http://geology.com/news/2006/10/cave-discovered-at-sequoia-and-kings.html
    
    Extractions: The cave features large passages and rooms – many of which are more than 50 feet wide – and beautiful cave formations. These include long and graceful cave curtains, fragile soda straws up to 6 feet in length, and large areas of multicolored flowstones. Crystals in the flowstone produce brilliant sparkles across the cave’s floors and walls. Ursa Minor has a cave lake that may be as much as 100 feet across, and vertical drops that must be traversed using ropes. Ancient animal skeletons were found in the cave including one that resembles a bear influencing the naming of the cave. Cave-adapted invertebrates that may be new or rare species have also been seen. Three of the 27 new species recently discovered in parks’ caves appear to inhabit Ursa Minor. It is clear that several of the larger passages continue and the actual length of the cave remains unknown at this time.

43. Crystal Cave Park - Are We There Yet? - Geology-special
    In Pennsylvania s Dutch Country, Crystal cave offers visitors a wonderful and educational experience in geology. Before the tour the audience can view a  
    http://www.fieldtrip.com/pa/06836765.htm
    
    Extractions: In Pennsylvania's Dutch Country, Crystal Cave offers visitors a wonderful and educational experience in geology. Before the tour the audience can view a thrilling slide show with sound and color, showing how caves are formed and decorated by Nature. The 45-minute guided tour passes a myriad display of stalactite, stalagmite and dripstone formations. These imposing columns are marvels in themselves, and they are only the beginning. Every turn reveals new and startling formations, most of which have been named for the images they evoke. The Cathedral Chamber, the Prairies Dogs, Giant's Tooth, Ear of Corn and Tobacco Leaves, the Natural Bridge, the Indian Head, Totem Pole, and the Crystal Ballroom all are things of exquisite beauty. This 125-acre facility also features other attractions including a Nature Trail, Indian Totem Poles, an authentic Amish Buggy, and more. There is also a Geological Museum , Miniature Golf (seasonal), and a Theatre, so it is easy to spend an entire day here. Special rates are available for groups of 15 or more.

44. Crystal Cave - Geology
    Following is a discussion of Crystal cave’s geology. AGE OF CRYSTAL cave. cave ages are a tricky problem because it is difficult to pin a date on an empty  
    http://www.acoolcave.com/geology.html
    
    Extractions: Cave ages are a tricky problem because it is difficult to pin a date on an empty space. However, by using observations relating the cave to the history of the surrounding region along with radiometric dates (dating based on measuring the decay of certain radioactive minerals) and paleomagnetism (ancient magnetism measured in cave sediment), reasonably good estimates can be obtained. Caves are rarely more than several million years old. One of the most easily dissolved rocks is LIMESTONE . Limestone is composed of calcium carbonate which has precipitated on the ocean floor and mixed with fossil fragments that are also usually calcium carbonate. As the deposit of calcium carbonate thickens, water is squeezed out and the material hardens into rock. Sometimes, after the limestone has been deposited, an influx of groundwater from a new source area introduces the element magnesium to the rock. The magnesium atoms will replace some or all of the calcium atoms creating the rock called DOLOMITE . Dolomite looks just like the limestone but dissolves much more slowly. A unit of rock may contain pure limestone, pure dolomite or any combination from dolomitic limestone to limy dolomite. The rocks in which we find Crystal Cave are limy dolomites to dolomites.

45. GORP - Mammoth Cave National Park - Kentucky - Geology
    The geological process resulting in this world that we refer to as Mammoth cave began hundreds of millions of years ago and continues today.  
    http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_national_park/ky/geo_mamm.htm
    
    Extractions: Stalactites and stalagmites in Mammoth's Drapery Room Beneath the surface of south central Kentucky lies a world that is virtually unparalleled. It is a labyrinth characterized by mile upon mile of dark, seemingly endless passageways. The geological process resulting in this world that we refer to as Mammoth Cave began hundreds of millions of years ago and continues today. The Ancient World 350 million years ago was a very different time than today. The North American continent was located much further south; at that time Kentucky was about 10 degrees south of the equator, and a shallow sea covered most of the southeastern United States. The warm waters supported a dense population of tiny organisms whose shells were made of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). As these creatures died, their shells accumulated by the billions on the floor of the ancient sea. In addition, calcium carbonate precipitated from the water itself. The build-up of material continued during the next 70 million years until some seven hundred feet of limestone and shale was deposited. Late in the deposition of the limestone, about fifty to sixty feet of sandstone was deposited over much of the area by a large river system that emptied into the sea from the north.

46. Castleguard Cave - Understanding Geology And Landscape Of North America
    Castleguard cave. Learn the secrets of mountain geology at MountainNature.com. Learn how the landcsape is sculpted into a multitude of landforms.  
    http://www.mountainnature.com/Geology/LandformResult.asp?ID=36&CommonName=Castle

47. Geology: Oil Cave-in
    There are some rock layers 15 kilometers deep that are porous like a sponge but are still very rigid. Oil and gas are within the tiny pores that are  
    http://en.allexperts.com/q/Geology-1359/Oil-Cave.htm

48. Ontario Cave Reveals Some Really Unusual Geology « Rockwatching
    2 Responses to “Ontario cave Reveals Some Really Unusual geology”. on August 17, 2006 at 252 am1 you know who. My pictures came out SPECTACULAR!  
    http://rockwatching.wordpress.com/2006/08/17/ontario-cave-reveals-some-really-un
    
    Extractions: August 17, 2006 by rockwatching , originally uploaded by A friend and I had visited a small local cave today to enjoy its beauty and hopefully examine the area and locate other likely caving spots. Following up a densely wooded valley there were signs of slumping rock and an old stone construction along the valley wall. We soon abandoned this course of action as it was not as fufilling as photography in the cave. It is such an incredible spot that the explorations away from the cave become harder to justify as your distance from the tunnels increases. Near the upper entrance to the cave (or natural land bridge as it is also known) the rock dipped at a steep angle down into the ground and a little stream had cut a notch into the near vertical strata. Bending down beneath an overhanging slab I observed a salmon-colored plate of syenite - a silica poor rock, its surface peppered with brassy prisms of corundum. Deeper down the passage the marble strata was worn into all sorts of incredible grooves and flakes of mica and small crystals of indeterminate system stood out in bas-relief from the surrounding rock. I had hoped that they might also be a finer grade of corundum as some crystals almost appeared spindle-like in form and of a milky color. Pink blocks of calcite were exposed higher on the walls. Posted in Adventures Canada Caves Education ... sports on August 17, 2006 at 2:52 am

49. Mammoth Cave National Park - Geology - US-Parks.com
    geology and Hydrology The SouthCentral Kentucky karst is a crossroad of carbonate bedrock stretching north to Indiana, east to the Cumberland Plateau,  
    http://www.us-parks.com/mammoth_cave/geology.html
    
    Extractions: Home Mammoth Cave Park Info > Geology Geology and Hydrology: The South-Central Kentucky karst is a crossroad of carbonate bedrock stretching north to Indiana, east to the Cumberland Plateau, south to Georgia and west to the Ozarks. The park is bisected east to west by the Green River which defines the hydrologic base-level and divides the region into two distinct physiographic areas. North of the river an alternating series of limestones and insoluble rocks are exposed with the main limestone strata accessible only near the river and in the bottom of a few deeply incised valleys. This has resulted in rugged topography with streams that alternately flow on insoluble rocks, over waterfalls, enter caves in limestone and resurface at springs perched on the next lower stratum of insoluble rock. South of the Green River the insoluble sandstone and shale caprock over the limestone has preserved significant portions of Mammoth Cave. Cave Entrances: Natural, modified natural, and artificial cave entrances pose some of the greatest challenges in the management of karst resources because provision must be made for movement of air, water and wildlife within acceptable tolerances while simultaneously providing an adequate deterrent to illegal human entry. United States Fish and Wildlife Service approved bat gates have been installed on the entrances of caves supporting major bat hibernation areas. Cave gates are designed to accommodate bat movement, provide greater security, natural rates of air exchange and restore endangered Indiana and gray bat habitat. Airlocks have been installed on man-made entrances to restore cave atmospheric conditions.

50. Karst Waters Institute - Teachers Resources
    geology of caves http//www.phillygrotto.org/geology.html. geology of caves USGS and NPS Site geology and Archeology of Russel cave National Monument  
    http://www.karstwaters.org/educationlinks/geo.htm

51. ScienceDirect - Ecotoxicology And Environmental Safety : Radon Hazards, Geology,
    Your browser may not have a PDF reader available. Google recommends visiting our text version of this document.  
    http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0147651300919225
    
    Extractions: The hydrogeology of the karstic Carboniferous Limestone is described. Water tracing has established recharge areas for fifteen major springs and water budgets confirm the size of the areas found. Groundwater flow occurs in two modes: turbulent conduit flow and diffuse Darcian flow in fine fractures. Recharge is 50% quickflow via caves and closed depressions and 50% slower percolation. Active storage in the diffuse component ( S = 0.92%) is 30 times greater than in phreatic conduits. Diffuse hydraulic conductivity is 0.89 m day

52. Baker, Arthur A., Geology Of The Timpanogos Cave Quadrangle Utah Map GQ - 132 (U
    ABAA promotes ethical standards and professionalism in the antiquarian book trade in America. ABAA also promotes these values internationally,  
    http://search.abaa.org/dbp2/book313960407.html

53. 3-D Geology Of Mammoth Cave National Park
    Mammoth cave National Park. A Photographic Tour Featuring Park geology. Click here to start a tour of the park Click on any of the images to continue to  
    http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/mammoth2/index.html
    
    Extractions: Click here to start a tour of the park Click on any of the images to continue to the next page in the linked page series. Click here to see tours of other national parks. Map of Mammoth Cave National Park. Click on the "Next Image" (below) to continue on the image tour, or click on any of the small red dots on the map above to go directly to selected images. Check out the National Park Service's Mammoth Cave National Park site - http://www.nps.gov/maca/ This website is an image tour of Mammoth Cave National Park. All pictures were taken in August 2003. To see the same images as 3-D anaglyphic images, click here . Stereo pairs of digital images were manipulated into anaglyphs (3-D images) with image processing software (Adobe PhotoShop). You will need red-and-cyan stereo viewing glasses to get the 3-D visual effects. Click here to see more 3-D geology tours of National Parks. This website was prepared by Phil Stoffer and Eleyne Phillips

54. Geology Of Alum Cave Bluffs
    Alum cave Bluffs is located near the center of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee approximately 8 miles south of Sugarlands Visitor Center  
    http://www.uwm.edu/Course/geosci697-tectonic/GroupD/AlumCave/AlumCaveBluffs.html
    
    Extractions: Location Alum Cave Bluffs is located near the center of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee approximately 8 miles south of Sugarlands Visitor Center along Newfound Gap Road (US 441) and is about 4 miles north of Newfound Gap. At the trailhead, a wooden bridge crosses the Little Pigeon River. The trail continues for about 2.5 miles along Alum Cave Creek, climbing 1360 ft. to Alum Cave Bluffs. The rocks exposed at Alum Cave Bluffs consist of a dark-gray phyllite characteristic of the Anakeesta Formation. The Anakeesta is interpreted to have formed from mud and silt in a deep marine setting, and the presence of iron sulfide minerals such as pyrite indicates that there was little to no oxygen present as these sediments were deposited (Flohr et. al, 1995). As the Iapetus began to close in the early Paleozoic, the rocks of the Anakeesta Formation were thrust northwest along the Greenbriar Fault, and were subsequently metamorphosed to green-schist facies (Flohr et. al, 1995). Following the collision between Laurentia and the Piedmont in the later Paleozoic, the Anakeesta was thrust further northwest along the Great Smoky Fault (Flohr et. al, 1995).

55. Dating Large Infrequent Earthquakes By Damaged Cave Deposits
    Your browser may not have a PDF reader available. Google recommends visiting our text version of this document.  
    http://geology.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/reprint/33/4/261.pdf

56. DLESE Description Of Geology Fieldnotes: Jewel Cave National Monument, South Dak
    cave tours provide opportunities for viewing this pristine cave system and its wide variety of rock formations. Features include park geology information,  
    http://www.dlese.org/library/catalog_DLESE-000-000-005-133.htm
    
    Extractions: New to DLESE? Resources News Geology Fieldnotes: Jewel Cave National Monument, South Dakota http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/parks/jeca/index.htm From DLESE Community Collection (DCC) Comment on this resource Jewel Cave National Monument feaures the third longest cave in the world; airflow within its passages indicates a vast area yet to be explored. Cave tours provide opportunities for viewing this pristine cave system and its wide variety of rock formations. Features include park geology information, maps, related links, and visitor information. The park geology section discusses the history of the park's discovery and exploration by cavers, and describes some of the remarkable rock formations found in the cave. The maps section includes a map of Jewel Cave National Monument and the surrounding area. Intended for grade levels: Type of resource: Text: Subject: Technical requirements: No specific technical requirements, just a browser required

57. Geology Of Jewel Cave
    This National Park Service site provides an introduction to the Black Hill.  
    http://serc.carleton.edu/resources/17968.html

58. Caves
    Complete An Online cave Course. Go to the Underground World of caves and study the geology and ecology of caves and safe methods of cave exploration.  
    http://www.42explore.com/caves.htm

59. Connecting With Geology: Where's The End Of The Cave?
    EJ670419 Connecting with geology Where s the End of the cave? Abstract, Offers a cave-mapping problem and discusses how to solve it.  
    http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/recordDetail?accno=EJ670419

60. Engineering Geology Study Of Lingquansi Cave Temple, People’s
    Your browser may not have a PDF reader available. Google recommends visiting our text version of this document.  
    http://www.springerlink.com/index/EF5CDPY95T5HT61X.pdf

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