05019nam 2200649Ia 450 99620005170331620170814184449.01-282-37170-397866123717071-4443-1368-11-4443-1367-3(CKB)1000000000788725(EBL)470535(OCoLC)441342289(SSID)ssj0000118969(PQKBManifestationID)11146173(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000118969(PQKBWorkID)10053753(PQKB)11608008(MiAaPQ)EBC470535(PPN)163482411(EXLCZ)99100000000078872519960315e19981996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCaves[electronic resource] processes, development, and management /David GilliesonOxford, UK ;Cambridge, Mass. Blackwell Publishers1998, c19961 online resource (338 p.)The natural environmentDescription based upon print version of record.0-631-19175-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [300]-301) and index.Caves: Processes, Development and Management; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; ONE: The Cave System and Karst; What is Karst?; What is a Cave?; Where are the Deepest and Longest Caves?; Caves as Geomorphic Systems; Now the Details ...; TWO: Cave Hydrology; Basic Concepts in Karst Drainage Systems; Karst Aquifers; Porosity and Permeability of Karatic Rocks; Zonation of the Karst Drainage System; Defining the Catchment of a Cave; Hydraulics of Groundwater Flow in Karst; Diffuse flow; Fissure flow; Conduit flow (turbulent and laminar cases); Flow nets in karst drainage systemsThe Role of SalinityEvolution of the Karst Drainage System; Analysis of Karst Drainage Systems; Water tracing techniques; Spring hydrograph analysis; Spring chemograph analysis; Structure and Function of Karst Drainage Systems; Storage and transfers in the karst system; The role of extreme events; Karst Hydrology of the Mammoth Cave Plateau, Kentucky; THREE: Processes of Cave Development; Introduction; Karst Rocks; Limestone; Dolomite; Sandstone; Processes of Dissolution of Karst Rocks; The solution of limestone in meteoric waters; Soil and vegetation in the limestone solution processThe zoning of solution in the unsaturated zoneLimestone solution in seawater; Solution of evaporites; Solution of silicates in meteoric waters; Rock Control and Cave Morphology; Role of lithology; Role of joints, fractures and faults; Cave breakdown and evaporite weathering; The Development of Common Caves; Formation of caves in plan; Formation of caves in length and depth; The Formation of Maze Caves; Caves formed by floodwaters; Caves formed by hydrothermal waters; Caves formed in gypsum; Lava Tubes, Weathering Caves and Pseudokarst; The formation of lava tubesWeathering caves and pseudokarstOrigin of Caves: an Overview; Geological Control and the World's Longest Cave; FOUR: Cave Formations; Introduction; Carbonates; Controls over carbonate mineralogy; Cave deposits formed by carbonate minerals; Colour of calcite formations; Important Non-Carbonate Minerals; Evaporites; Phosphates and nitrates; Oxides, silicates and hydroxides; Other Minerals; Cave Formations of the Nullarbor Plain, Australia; FIVE: Cave Sediments; Introduction; Clastic Sediment Types; Processes of Sedimentation; Gravity-fall processes; Waterlain clastic sedimentsDiagenesis of Cave SedimentsStratigraphy and its Interpretation; Sediment Transport and Particle Size; Provenance Studies; Caves and Flood History in the Kimberleys, Australia; SIX: Dating Cave Deposits; The Importance of Dating Cave Deposits; Dating Techniques and the Quaternary Timescale; Palaeomagnetism; Radiocarbon; Uranium series; Trapped electron methods: ESR, TL and OSL; Timing the Ice Ages; SEVEN: Cave Deposits and Past Climates; Introduction; Basic Principles and Tests for Reliability; The Last Glacial-lnterglacial Temperature Record; Carbon Isotopes and Environmental ChangeStalagmite Fluorescence and Sunspot CyclesThis book is aimed at students of the natural environment, but it will also appeal to those - cavers, environmental managers and field naturalists - who are curious about the underground world and its inhabitants. it is illustrated throughout with photographs, maps and line diagrams, almost all of which are original to the book.Natural environment.CavesLandformsCaves.Landforms.551.447578.7584Gillieson David S1230273MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996200051703316Caves2855962UNISA