| 书目名称 | Mammoth Cave | | 副标题 | A Human and Natural | | 编辑 | Horton H. Hobbs III,Rickard A Olson,David C. Culve | | 视频video | | | 概述 | 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. | | 丛书名称 | Cave and Karst Systems of the World | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | This book reveals the science and beauty of Mammoth Cave, the world‘s longest cave, which has played an important role in the natural sciences. It offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary treatment of the cave, combining insights from leading experts in fields ranging from archeology and cultural history to life science and geosciences. The first animals specialized for cave life in North America, including beetles, spiders, crayfish, and fish, were discovered in Mammoth Cave in the 1840s. It has also been used and explored by humans, including Native Americans, who mined its sulfate minerals and later African-American slaves, who made a map of the cave. More recent stories include ‘wars‘ between commercial cave owners, epic exploration trips by modern cave explorers, and of course tourism..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, min | | 出版日期 | Book 2017 | | 关键词 | Central Kentucky Karst; Cave Exploration; Cave Geology; Cave Biology; Longest Cave; Speleology | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53718-4 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-85226-3 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-53718-4Series ISSN 2364-4591 Series E-ISSN 2364-4605 | | issn_series | 2364-4591 | | copyright | Springer International Publishing AG 2017 |
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