洞穴学
洞穴学是一门科学的研究,研究洞穴,喀斯特地貌特征,结构,物理性质,化学性质,历史,生命形式和形成过程(speleogenesis)和随时间而改变(speleomorphology)。探索洞窟有时也是休闲活动,洞穴学和探索往往相连。洞窟是一个跨学科的领域,结合化学,生物学,地质学,物理学,气象学和制图的知识来开发复杂的洞穴的,同时亦是不断发展的系统。
历史
洞穴地质和水文
地球化学石笋
洞穴制图
洞穴生物
洞穴科学的其他领域
参考
外部链接
- Different Types of Erosion (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- National Speleological Society (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- The Virtual Cave (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), an online guide to speleothems
- Biospeleology; The Biology of Caves, Karst, and Groundwater (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), by Texas Natural Science Center, the University of Texas at Austin and the Missouri Department of Conservation
- Speleogenesis Network, a communication platform for physical speleology and karst science research
- National Cave Research and Protection Organization (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), India
- cave-biology.org Cave biology, biospeleology in India
- Cave Biota; an evolving "webumentary", sponsored by Hoosier National Forest and Indiana Karst Conservancy
- IJS – Home Page (International Journal of Speleology) (in English, Italian, French, German, and Spanish)
- Caving News (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), Daily news and articles on caves, caving, speleology, karst and other information for cavers.