Research Catalog

Title

Mammoth Cave : a human and natural history / Horton H. Hobbs III, Rickard A. Olson, Elizabeth G. Winkler, David C. Culver, editors.

Publication

• Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
• ©2017

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hobbs, H. H.
• Olson, Rickard A.
• Winkler, Elizabeth Grace
• Culver, David C., 1944-

Description

x, 275 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 29 cm

Series Statement

Cave and karst systems of the world, 2364-4591

Uniform Title

Cave and karst systems of the world.

Subjects

• Mammoth Cave (Ky.) > History
• Natural history > Kentucky > Mammoth Cave
• Antiquities, Prehistoric > Kentucky > Mammoth Cave
• Mammoth Cave (Ky.) > Environmental conditions
• Speleology > Kentucky > Mammoth Cave > History
• Cave ecology > Kentucky > Mammoth Cave

Note

• "This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature"--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

1. An orientation to Mammoth Cave and this volume / Rickard S. Toomey III, Horton H. Hobbs III, and Rickard A. Olson -- 2. The prehistoric archeology of Mammoth Cave / George M. Crothers -- 3. The history of Mammoth Cave / Colleen O'Connor Olson -- 4. History of exploration at Mammoth Cave / Stanley D. Sides -- 5. A history of map-making at Mammoth Cave / Michael Sutton -- 6. Geology of Mammoth Cave / Arthur N. Palmer -- 7. Geologic history of Mammoth Cave / Arthur N. Palmer -- 8. Hydrology and hydrogeology of Mammoth Cave / William B. White and Elizabeth L. White -- 9. Mineralogy of Mammoth Cave / William B. White -- 10. Mammoth Cave meteorology / Rickard A. Olson -- 11. Under foot : the paleontology of Mammoth Cave / Mona L. Colburn -- 12. Landscape ecology of Mammoth Cave : how surface and cave ecosystems influence each other / Rickard A. Olson -- 13. Terrestrial cave ecology of the Mammoth Cave region / Thomas L. Poulson -- 14. Subsurface aquatic ecology of Mammoth Cave / Kurt L. Helf and Rickard A. Olson -- 15. Biodiversity of Mammoth Cave / David C. Culver and Horton H. Hobbs III -- 16. Mammoth Cave microbiology / Kathleen H. Lavoie -- 17. Bats of Mammoth Cave / Steven C. Thomas and Rickard S. Toomey III -- 18. Environmental issues relevant to the Mammoth Cave area / Rickard A. Olson.

Call Number

JFF 17-1506

ISBN

• 9783319537177
• 3319537172

OCLC

969829669

Title

Mammoth Cave : a human and natural history / Horton H. Hobbs III, Rickard A. Olson, Elizabeth G. Winkler, David C. Culver, editors.

Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]

Copyright Date

©2017

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Cave and karst systems of the world, 2364-4591

Cave and karst systems of the world.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Hobbs, H. H., editor.

Olson, Rickard A., editor.

Winkler, Elizabeth Grace, editor.

Culver, David C., 1944- editor.

Research Call Number

JFF 17-1506