The Caves of Burnsville Cove, Virginia : Fifty Years of Exploration and Science (Cave and Karst Systems of the World)

White, William B. (EDT)

Springer International Publishing AG（2016/10発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 479 p.
• 商品コード 9783319385440

Full Description

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.

Contents

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.