The Caves and Karst Hydrology of Southern Pocahontas County and the Upper Spring Creek Valley
Author : Gary D. Storrick
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,78 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Caves
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Author : Gary D. Storrick
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,78 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Caves
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Author : William B. White
Publisher : Springer
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 40,36 MB
Release : 2017-11-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319658018
The focus of this book is on the more than 2000 caves of the Greenbrier Valley of West Virginia of which the 14 with lengths greater than 10 km have an aggregate length of 639 km. The major caves form the core part of sub-basins which drain to big springs and ultimately to the Greenbrier River. Individual chapters of this book describe each of the major caves and its associated drainage basin. The caves are formed in the Mississippian Greenbrier Limestone in a setting of undulating gentle folds. Fractures, lineaments and confining layers within the limestone are the main controlling factors. The caves underlie an extensive sinkhole plain which may relate to a major erosion surface. The caves are habitat for both aquatic and terrestrial organisms which are cataloged and described as are the paleontological remains found in some of the caves. The sinkhole plain of the Greenbrier karst and the underlying complex of cave systems are the end result of at least a ten million year history of landscape evolution which can be traced through the evolving sequence of cave passages and which is described in this book.
Author : William B. White
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 1260 pages
File Size : 36,92 MB
Release : 2019-05-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 0128141255
Encyclopedia of Caves, Third Edition, provides detailed background information to anyone with a serious interest in caves. This includes students, both undergraduate and graduate, in the earth, biological and environmental sciences, and consultants, environmental scientists, land managers and government agency staff whose work requires them to know something about caves and the biota that inhabit them. Caves touch on many scientific interests in geology, climate science, biology, hydrology, archaeology, and paleontology, as well as more popular interests in sport caving and cave exploration. Case studies and descriptions of specific caves selected for their special features and public interest are also included. This book will appeal to these audiences by providing in-depth essays written by expert authors chosen for their expertise in their assigned subject. - Features 14 new chapters and 13 completely rewritten chapters - Contains beautifully illustrated content, with more than 500 color images of cave life and features - Provides extensive bibliographies that allow readers to access their subject of interest in greater depth
Author : Aldemaro Romero
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 30,93 MB
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401597952
Hypogean (cave, artesian) fishes have fascinated researchers even before they were described in the scientific literature in 1842. Since then, a number of scientists have used them to justify their own evolutionary ideas, from neo-Lamarckism to neo-Darwinism, from neutral evolution to selectionist approaches. Research in recent years has shown that these fishes are much more complex in their adaptations to the subterranean environment than previously believed: there are those with features expected from living in total darkness (complete blindness and depigmentation) and poor in nutrients (extremely low metabolic rates); others differ very little, if any, from their epigean (surface) ancestors in their morphology and physiology (but not so in their behavior). Some of them even live in nutrient-rich environments. Actually, one of the most overlooked facets of these animals is that there are more species of hypogean fishes without troglomorphisms (blindness, depigmentation) than with troglomorphic ones. The study of these apparently `unadapted' fishes is providing new insights into our understanding of the evolution of phenotypic characters, founding effect, behavioral, and physiological adaptations. The 86 species of troglomorphic fishes described so far belong to 18 different families, many of which would hardly fit the notion that they were 'preadapted' to conquer the underground environment. Further, many troglomorphic `species' show very little genotypic differentiation when compared with their putative ancestors, indicating that massive phenotype changes can be achieved via little genetic reorganization, a reorganization that mostly affects regulatory genes. These and many other topics are discussed in this volume containing 29 papers, written by 41 authors from 9 countries. Hopefully, this volume will convince many other researchers that hypogean fishes represent a unique opportunity to study a concept in evolutionary biology that is only superficially understood: convergent evolution.
Author : Daoxian Yuan
Publisher :
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 38,64 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Science
ISBN :
Author : Diana E. Northup
Publisher :
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 19,75 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Reference
ISBN :
"This is a family story of America's most famous cave explorer who was trapped and died in Sand Cave in 1925. That story has been told many times, but never before has the complete life of Floyd Collins been presented. Floyd's younger brother Homer tells how Floyd was fascinated with caves from his childhood, of his discovery of the famous Crystal Cave on the home property, and of the rescue attempts from the viewpoint of a brother so devoted that his extraordinary efforts to save Floyd were rewarded by his being removed from the premises while others inexperienced in working in caves carried on the unsuccessful attempt. It is a warm story of a man whose love in life was exploring caves, a man who endured his grim death with dignity and pride in his vocation."--Page 4 of cover
Author : Ken Sullivan
Publisher : West Virginia Humanities
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 19,64 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 44,68 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Speleology
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Author : Virginia. Division of Mineral Resources
Publisher :
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 15,96 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Mines and mineral resources
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Author : Susan L. Yarnell
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 10,24 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 1428953736