Editors:
- Provides the first comprehensive interdisciplinary book on Mammoth Cave, the world's longest cave
- Includes anthropology, geology, biology, and human history, making it unique in its range of coverage
- Is richly illustrated, with dozens of color and black and white photographs
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Cave and Karst Systems of the World (CAKASYWO)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
The first section of the book is an extensive description including maps and photos of the cave, its basic structural pattern, and how it relates to the surface lan
dscape. The second section covers the human history of utilization and exploration of the cave, including mining, tourism, and medical experiments. Cave science is the topic of the third section, including geology, hydrology, mineralogy, climatology, paleontology, ecology, biodiversity, and microbiology. The fourth section looks to the future, with an overview of environmental issues facing Mammoth Cave managers.
The book is intended for anyone interested in caves in general and Mammoth Cave in particular, experts in one discipline seeking information about other areas, and researchers and students interested in the many avenues of pursuit possible in Mammoth Cave.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Biology, Wittenberg University, Springfield, USA
Horton H. Hobbs III
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1950 Roy Hunter Road, Cave Research Foundation, Cave City, USA
Rickard A Olson
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Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, USA
Elizabeth G Winkler
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American University, Washington, USA
David C. Culver
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mammoth Cave
Book Subtitle: A Human and Natural History
Editors: Horton H. Hobbs III, Rickard A Olson, Elizabeth G Winkler, David C. Culver
Series Title: Cave and Karst Systems of the World
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53718-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-53717-7Published: 03 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85226-3Published: 02 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-53718-4Published: 14 June 2017
Series ISSN: 2364-4591
Series E-ISSN: 2364-4605
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 275
Number of Illustrations: 43 b/w illustrations, 136 illustrations in colour
Topics: Physical Geography, Geology, Ecology, Archaeology, Nature Conservation, US History