CavesAn introduction to the world's most fascinating caves. This work explores every nook and cranny of these nature-made creations, including lava caves, sea caves, and glacial caves, from Kentucky's Mammoth Cave, to the amazing Paleolithic paintings of Lascaux, to Fingal's Cave of Scotland, which inspired Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture. |
Contents
Foreword | xi |
Preface | xiii |
Acknowledgments | xv |
Introduction | xvii |
Origin of the Landform | xix |
Mammoth Cave of Kentucky | xxv |
Cenotes Chicxulub and the Caves of Yucatan | xli |
Lascaux Cave of Southwestern France | li |
Carlsbad Cavern of New Mexico | c |
Wind Cave of South Dakota | cxiv |
Kverkfjöll Cave of the Vatnajökull Glacier | cxxiv |
Conclusion | cxxxvii |
Color Insert | 1 |
Glossary | 121 |
Books | 125 |
Web Sites | 128 |
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