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This encyclopedia contains 351 entries exploring a multidisciplinary range of topics dealing with natural caves and karst landscapes, defined within as "terrain with distinctive hydrology and landforms arising from the combination of high rock solubility and well-developed solution channel (secondary) porosity underground. The encyclopedia strives to fairly represent all the regions of cave and karst locations. The entries are presented alphabetically and also listed under the following themes: archaeology, art in caves, and paleontology; biospeleology (including ecology, fauna, and other biological topics); caves and caving; cave and karst regions; conservation and management; geoscience; history; and resources and development.
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Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science
Board of Advisers Andrew Chamberlain, Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield Emily Davis, Speleobooks, New York Derek Ford, School of Geography and Geology, McMaster University David Gillieson, School of Tropical Environment Studies & Geography, James Cook University William Halliday, Nashville, Tennessee Elery Hamilton-Smith, Chair IUCN/WCPA Working Group on Cave and Karst Protection Alexander Klimchouk, Institute of Geological Sciences, National Academy of Science, Ukraine David Lowe, British Geological Survey Art Palmer, Earth Science Department, State University of New York Trevor Shaw, Karst Research Institute, Postojna, Slovenia Boris Sket, Department of Biology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Tony Waltham, Department of Civil Engineering, Nottingham Trent University Paul Williams, Department of Geography, University of Auckland Paul Wood, Department of Geography, Loughborough University
Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science John Gunn, Editor
Fitzroy Dearborn An imprint of the Taylor and Francis Group New York London
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