Texas Caves,9780890968499

Texas Caves

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ISBN13: 9780890968499
ISBN10: 0890968497
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-09-01
Publisher(s): Texas A & M Univ Pr
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Summary

Texas has about three thousand known, explored caves, ranging in size from small crawl ways to huge caverns. Texas Caves introduces this seldom-seen world, providing basic cave geology and biology, a description of the seven show caves that have been opened and developed for public visiting, and information on state speleological parks.

The engaging text as well as one hundred full-color and black-and-white photographs reveal the glories of Texas caves, "wild" as well as commercial, showing different types of cave formations, the creatures that live in them, and the people who explore them.

Caving experiences from cave photographer Blair Pittman, cave discoverer Orion Knox, cave developer Jack Burch, and commercial cave manager Jim Brummett bring to life places that house the hidden beauties that lie beneath the surface of Texas.

Texas Speleological Association Chair Gill Ediger adds his thoughts on what it means to be a caver and how cavers, cave owners, and the general public are all involved in the conservation of cave resources.

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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
IX(4)
Foreword XIII(4)
Francis Edward Abernethy
Preface XVII
Part I THE MARRIAGE OF ROCK AND WATER 3(50)
The Geologic Origins of Texas Caves
3(9)
Cave Biology
12(8)
The Seven Show Caves
20(26)
State Speleological Parks
46(7)
Part II THE CAVE EXPERIENCE 53(60)
Reverend Cunningham in the Great Kickapoo Cave
53(5)
Blair Pittman, Preteen Caver
58(5)
Orion Knox's Discovery
63(7)
Jack Burch Develops a Show Cave
70(17)
Jim Brummett Runs the Show
87(4)
Gill Ediger's Guide to Caving Etiquette
91(7)
Pittman's and Kunath's Guide to Cave Photography
98(15)
Contributors 113(2)
Glossary 115(6)
Index 121

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