The World’s Oldest Caves: - How -Did They Survive and What Can They Tell Us?

Parts of an open cave system we can walk around in today are more than three hundred million years old. Common sense tells even enthusiasts like me that open caves this old should not still exist, but they do! Their survival can be partly explained by extremely slow rates of surface lowering, but th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Armstrong R. L. Osborne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts 2007-04-01
Series:Acta Carsologica
Online Access:https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/carsologica/article/view/215