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Caves and Karst of the Greenbrier Valley in West Virginia

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Editors:
  1. William B. White

    1. Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA

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  • Presents detailed descriptions of some of the largest caves in eastern United States
  • Explores the aquatic fauna, terrestrial fauna, and fossil remains found in these caves
  • Provides a comprehensive geologic, hydrologic, and geomorphic interpretation of the evolution of the Greenbrier Karst
  • 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 (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. The Greenbrier Karst

    • William B. White
    Pages 1-7

  3. Geology of the Greenbrier Valley

    • William B. White
    Pages 9-20

  4. Hydrology of the Greenbrier Karst

    • William K. Jones
    Pages 21-43

  5. Karst Geomorphology

    • William B. White, Elizabeth L. White
    Pages 45-62

  6. The Exploration History of the Greenbrier Valley Caves

    • George Dasher
    Pages 63-95

  7. The Swago Creek Basin

    • William B. White, Gary D. Storrick, Mark J. Johnsson
    Pages 97-117

  8. The Little Levels and the Hills Creek Basin

    • William B. White
    Pages 119-134

  9. The Friars Hole System

    • Douglas M. Medville, Stephen R.H. Worthington
    Pages 135-152

  10. Caves, Karst, and Science in the Buckeye Creek Cave Watershed

    • Gregory S. Springer
    Pages 153-162

  11. The Culverson Creek Cave System

    • Philip C. Lucas
    Pages 163-205

  12. The Contact Caves of Central Greenbrier County

    • William M. Balfour
    Pages 207-230

  13. Hydrology of the Sinking Creek/Muddy Creek Karst Basin

    • William K. Jones, William M. Balfour
    Pages 231-248

  14. Organ Cave

    • Raymond Cole
    Pages 249-299

  15. Caves of the Dickson Spring Basin, Monroe County

    • William K. Jones
    Pages 301-312

  16. Windy Mouth Cave

    • David A. Shank, Megan Curry Fucci, Ira D. Sasowsky
    Pages 313-337

  17. Scott Hollow Cave

    • Stacey B. Lane, Melisa R. Bishop, Michael J. Dore, Ira D. Sasowsky
    Pages 339-357

  18. The Laurel Creek Basin and Greenville Saltpeter Cave

    • William B. White
    Pages 359-370

  19. Terrestrial Fauna in the Greenbrier Karst

    • David C. Culver, Daniel W. Fong
    Pages 371-383

  20. The Subterranean Aquatic Fauna of the Greenbrier Karst

    • Daniel W. Fong, David C. Culver
    Pages 385-397
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About this book

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 which may relate to a major erosion surface. The caves are habitat for both aquatic and terrestrial organisms which are cataloged and described as are the paleontological remains found in some of the caves. The sinkhole plain of the Greenbrier karst and the underlying complex of cave systems are the end result of at least a ten million year history oflandscape evolution which can be traced through the evolving sequence of cave passages and which is described in this book.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA

    William B. White

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Caves and Karst of the Greenbrier Valley in West Virginia

  • Editors: William B. White

  • Series Title: Cave and Karst Systems of the World

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65801-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

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

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65800-1Published: 07 December 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88110-2Published: 01 September 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65801-8Published: 20 November 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2364-4591

  • Series E-ISSN: 2364-4605

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 411

  • Number of Illustrations: 67 b/w illustrations, 343 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Hydrogeology, Physical Geography, Ecosystems, Paleontology

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