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Cave and Karst Systems of Romania

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Editors:
  1. Gheorghe M. L. Ponta

    1. Groundwater Assessment Program, Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA

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  2. Bogdan P. Onac

    1. School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA

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  • Furthers readers’ understanding of cave and karst systems around the globe
  • Provides a useful source of information for organizing field trips
  • Covers a range of topics equally suitable for scientists, students, and cavers

Part of the book series: Cave and Karst Systems of the World (CAKASYWO)

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Table of contents (60 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. The Founder of Biospeleology and World’s First Speleological Institute

    • Gheorghe Racoviţă
    Pages 1-3

  3. “Emil Racovită” Institute of Speleology: World’s First Research Unit Dedicated to Karst and Cave Studies

    • Ioan Povară
    Pages 5-7

  4. Geology of Romania

    • Ioan Balintoni
    Pages 9-20

  5. Karst and Caves of Romania: A Brief Overview

    • Bogdan P. Onac, Cristian Goran
    Pages 21-35

  6. The Systematic Catalog of the Romanian Caves

    • Cristian Goran
    Pages 37-39

  7. Karst Hydrogeology

    • Gheorghe M. L. Ponta
    Pages 41-45

  8. Rodna Mountains: Izvorul Tăusoarelor Cave (Pestera de la Izvorul Tăusoarelor)

    • Bogdan P. Onac, Virgil Drăgușin, Felix Papiu, Crin-Triandafil Theodorescu
    Pages 47-56

  9. Persani Mountains: Karst of Vârghis Gorge

    • Daniel Veres, Marian Cosac, George Murătoreanu, Ulrich Hambach
    Pages 57-63

  10. Leaota Mountains: Rătei Cave

    • Maria-Lidia Nuțu-Dragomir, Gigi-Paul Dragomir
    Pages 65-72

  11. Piatra Craiului Mountains: Grind Pit (Avenul de Sub Coltii Grindului)

    • Spencer F. Coca
    Pages 73-77

  12. Caves of the Făgăras Mountains

    • Virgil Drăgușin, Ionuț Mirea, Augustin Nae, Maria-Laura Tîrlă
    Pages 79-82

  13. Căpătânii/Parâng Mountains: Polovragi Cave–Oltetului Gorge Karst Area

    • Gheorghe M. L. Ponta, Gheorghe V. Aldica, Radu Dumitru
    Pages 83-91

  14. Karst of Sebes Mountains

    • Gheorghe M. L. Ponta
    Pages 93-103

  15. Sebesului Mountains: Răchiteaua–Sipot Cave System

    • Raul-Bogdan Tomuş, Radu-Ciprian Breban
    Pages 105-111

  16. Sureanu Mountains: Valea Stânii–Ponorici–Cioclovina cu Apă Karst System

    • Raul-Bogdan Tomuș, Radu-C. Breban, Bogdan P. Onac
    Pages 113-129

  17. Retezat Mountains: Jiul de Vest–Cernisoara Basins

    • Ioan Povară, Gheorghe M. L. Ponta
    Pages 131-141

  18. Southern Carpathians: Pârgavului Cave

    • Doru Bădescu, Horațiu Roman, Iulia Bădescu
    Pages 143-147

  19. Mehedinti Mountains: Cioaca cu Brebenei and Closani Caves

    • Ioan Povară, Virgil Drăguşin, Ionuţ Mirea
    Pages 149-156

  20. Mehedinti Mountains: Martel and Lazului Caves

    • Gheorghe M. L. Ponta, Gheorghe V. Aldica, Tiberiu Tulucan
    Pages 157-163
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About this book

This book focuses on Romania’s more than 12,000 caves, which developed in limestone (including thermal water caves), salt, gypsum, and occasionally in sandstone. It examines these caves and related topics in a format suitable for cavers, while also addressing a broad range of aspects useful for students and researchers. Since the Institute of Speleology was first established by Emil Racovita in 1920, a great deal of research has been conducted on all cave and karst types. As such, the book examines a variety of scientific fields, including karst geology, hydrogeology, biospeleology, paleoclimatology, mineralogy and archaeology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Groundwater Assessment Program, Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA

    Gheorghe M. L. Ponta

  • School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA

    Bogdan P. Onac

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cave and Karst Systems of Romania

  • Editors: Gheorghe M. L. Ponta, Bogdan P. Onac

  • Series Title: Cave and Karst Systems of the World

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90747-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-90745-1Published: 17 July 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08088-4Published: 24 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-90747-5Published: 04 July 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2364-4591

  • Series E-ISSN: 2364-4605

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 544

  • Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 350 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Hydrogeology, Geomorphology, Climatology, Archaeology, Mineralogy

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