Geology of Caves
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Page : 20 pages
File Size : 27,12 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Caves
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Author :
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Page : 20 pages
File Size : 27,12 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Caves
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Author : Peter K. Swart
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 31,80 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780811720526
This beginner's guide to speleology emphasizes safety and protection of fragile ecosystems. Learn how to plan a caving trip from start to finish. Instructions show how to maneuver through small areas and vertical caves using ropes and how to rig a pitch for ascending and descending a vertical climb. Knot-tying diagrams aid the first-time spelunker. The book gives background on the two main types of cave passages, vadose and phreatic, and tips on spotting rock formations and cave decorations such as flowstone, stalagmites, helicites, and rimstone pools. Sections on cave surveying and photography describe how more advanced cavers augment their experiences underground.
Author : Barbara Hurd
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 39,69 MB
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0820331538
In this exhilarating work, Barbara Hurd explores some of the most extraordinary places on earth, from sacred caves in India to secret caves in Arizona. With passionately informed prose, Hurd makes these strange dark spaces come to light, illuminating the natural history and spiritual territory of caves as powerfully as Kathleen Norris portrayed the Dakotas. Entering the Stone provides an awe-inducing tour through a fragile and beautiful subterranean world.
Author : Todd Carr
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 33,26 MB
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 1467140481
"After the American Revolution, countless pioneers floated into the western frontier on the currents of the Ohio River. Inevitably, their journey brought them past Cave-in-Rock, where the region's outlaws waited in perfect and perpetual ambush. For almost half a century, notorious rogues such as the Alstons, the Harpes, the Sturdivants, Samuel Mason, James Ford, John Crenshaw, Logan Belt and Duff the Counterfeiter all operated out of the cave's dark interior. Todd Carr follows the folklore of the horse thieves, pirates and highwaymen clinging to the shadows of the legendary river bluff"--Page [4] of cover.
Author : Emil Silvestru
Publisher : New Leaf Publishing Group
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 19,67 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780890514962
DISCOVER JUST HOW LONG IT REALLY TAKES FOR A CAVE TO FORM
Author : Anne M. Todd
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 24,77 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780736809054
Describes adventures in cave exploration and cave diving, including how caves form, some famous cavers, and the equipment cavers use.
Author : Chris Howes
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 36,40 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781588106261
A beginner's guide to caving, with a brief history of the sport and information on supplies and equipment, basic safety, techniques, training, working as a team, and finding caves to explore.
Author : John Gunn
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 1971 pages
File Size : 21,91 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1579583997
The Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science examines cave and karst geoscience, cave archaeology and human use of caves, art in caves, hydrology and groundwater, cave and karst history, and conservation and management.
Author : David B. Madsen
Publisher :
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 43,7 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Black Rock Cave (Utah)
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Author : James M. Tabor
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 26,54 MB
Release : 2011-02-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0812979494
“Heart-stopping and relentlessly gripping. Tabor takes us on an odyssey into unfathomable worlds beneath us, and into the hearts of rare explorers who will do anything to get there first.”—Robert Kurson, author of ShadowDivers In 2004, two great scientist-explorers attempted to find the bottom of the world. American Bill Stone took on the vast, deadly Cheve Cave in southern Mexico. Ukrainian Alexander Klimchouk targeted Krubera, a freezing nightmare of a supercave in the war-torn former Soviet republic of Georgia. Both men spent months almost two vertical miles deep, contending with thousand-foot drops, raging whitewater rivers, monstrous waterfalls, mile-long belly crawls, and the psychological horrors produced by weeks in absolute darkness, beyond all hope of rescue. Based on his unprecedented access to logs and journals as well as hours of personal interviews, James Tabor has crafted a thrilling exploration of man’s timeless urge to discover—and of two extraordinary men whose pursuit of greatness led them to the heights of triumph and the depths of tragedy. Blind Descent is an unforgettable addition to the classic literature of true-life adventure, and a testament to human survival and endurance. “Holds the reader to his seat, containing dangers aplenty with deadly falls, killer microbes, sudden burial, asphyxiation, claustrophobia, anxiety, and hallucinations far underneath the ground in a lightless world. Using a pulse-pounding narrative, this is tense real-life adventure pitting two master cavers mirroring the cold war with very uncommonly high stakes.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A fascinating and informative introduction to the sport of cave diving, as well as a dramatic portrayal of a significant man-vs.-nature conflict. . . . What counts is Tabor’s knack for maximizing dramatic potential, while also managing to be informative and attentive to the major personalities associated with the most important cave explorations of the last two decades.”—Kirkus Reviews Includes a 16-pg black and white insert