Caves and Karst of the Greenbrier Valley in West Virginia
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 whic…
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- ISBN: 978-3-319-65801-8
- EAN: 9783319658018
- Produktnummer: 24996504
- Verlag: Springer
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 50'860 KB
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