Caves

• Main Author: Hanson, Jeanne K.
• Other Authors: Nash, Geoffrey H.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Chelsea House, c2007.
• Series: Extreme Earth.
• Subjects: Caves > Juvenile literature.; JUVENILE NONFICTION > Earth Sciences > General. > Science & Nature; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary

Presents an introduction to caves, describing how they were formed and how they have changed over time, and providing the history and current formation of ten of the world's most unusual natural underground formations.

Table of Contents:

• Origin of the landform: Caves
• Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, United States
• Cenotes, Chicxulub, and the Caves of Yucatan, Mexico
• Lascaux Cave of Southwestern France
• Lubang Nasib Bagus and the Sarawak Chamber of Borneo, Malaysia
• Kazumura Cave of Hawaii, United States
• Fingal's Cave of Scotland, Great Britain
• Waitomo Cave of New Zealand
• Carlsbad Cavern of New Mexico, United States
• Wind Cave of South Dakota, United States
• Kverkfjoll Cave of the Vatnajokull Glacier, Iceland
• Conclusion: Caves
• Glossary
• Books
• Web sites
• Magazines and journals
• Index.