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Speleology

Speleology is the scientific study and exploration of caves; including the surveying, mapping and cartography of caves and reporting on the flora and fauna found in them. The Speleology topic includes questions related to the geology, biology, chemistry, archaeology, hydrogeology,and karst topography of caves; the history of and trivia about specific caves; and published findings related to the research of those who study caves called Speleologists.

1,219 Questions

Are there caves in Texas?

There are over 3,000 caves in Texas, mostly west of the town of San Antonio. Honeycreek cave is over 20 miles long thanks to hard-care cave explorers like Bill Steele, Kurt Menking, and Don Broussard.

What is salt cave?

It is cave in a big natural deposit of salt.

What type of cave is Mammoth Cave?

it is a 'karst' cave, i.e. formed by the action of water on limestone.

Where are the Jenolan Caves?

The Jenolan Caves are in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. They are close to the Blue Mountains cities of Lithgow and Katoomba.

Is there a nickname for the Mammoth Cave?

Possibly not though cavers tend to shorten cave names by omitting the word "Cave" or equivalent, especially in colloquial speech.

What kind of texture can a chemically formed rock have?

All sorts as all rocks have their own textures and are all formed from chemical compounds, but the primarily chemically-formed ones are the igneous rocks and associated minerals.

What famous subterranean tourist site is located in New Mexico?

Carlsbad Caverns National Park is located in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico. Carlsbad Cavern has more than 100 caves. A large cave named "The Big Room" is almost 4,000 feet long, 625 feet wide, and 255 feet high at the highest point. It is the fifth largest chamber in North America and the twenty-eighth largest in the world.

What famous subterrainean tourist site is located in New Mexico?

  1. Pecos National Historic Park
  2. Mission Church at Pecos.
  3. Palace of the Governors, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
  4. Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
  5. Taos Pueblo.
  6. San Francisco de Asis Mission Church.
  7. La Posta on the Plaza in Historic Old Mesilla.
  8. Northern New Mexico community of Chimayó
  9. Cumbres & Toltec Railroad.

Why are scientists only allowed in Antarctica?

Tourists are allowed in Antarctica, as are the people who live and work there temporarily -- in support of science.

How were the Florida cavern formed?

The Florida Caverns are limestone caves and were formed by rain water dissolving the limestone.

What is the deepest a snake has ever been found in a cave?

I doubt it's been recorded really - it's notthe sort of question a cave-biologist would ask. There is a SE Asian (Malaysian I think) snake that lives in caves where it preys on bats - but these caves are more horizontal than vertical so distance rather than depth counts.

Snakes are not generally cave-dwellers though they are found in them, either sheltering or by their accidentally falling orbeing washed in.

Do People Still Live In Caves?

Yes i love my cave very much but the internet connection is crap