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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299451303321

Titolo

The Caves of Burnsville Cove, Virginia : Fifty Years of Exploration and Science / / edited by William B. White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-14391-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (476 p.)

Collana

Cave and Karst Systems of the World, , 2364-4591

Disciplina

333.7

500

55

551.4

910.02

Soggetti

Hydrogeology

Physical geography

Environmental geology

Nature

Ecology

Physical Geography

Geoecology/Natural Processes

Popular Science in Nature and Environment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Burnsville Cove -- The Discovery and Exploration of the Butler Cave-Sinking Creek System -- BCCS: The Organization -- Exploration of the Outlet Caves -- The Discovery and Initial Exploration of the Chestnut Ridge Cave System -- The Bobcat Camps.

Sommario/riassunto

This book highlights some of the most difficult and persistent exploration ever undertaken in the United States – in Burnsville Cove, a small limestone valley in west-central Virginia – while at the same time reviewing the scientific discoveries made in the area’s 116 km of caves in the course of 50 years. Overall, the book offers a unique combination of exploration and science by a conservation organization



specifically dedicated to the preservation and study of the caves.