Australian caves and karst systems / John Webb, Susan White, Garry K. Smith, editors.
"This book, part of the series Cave and Karst Systems of the World, begins with a review of the interaction between people and caves in Australia (including conservation), followed by descriptions of the spectacular cave diving sites, before comprehensively covering all the major carbonate and...
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Table of Contents:
- People and Caves in Australia:
- Humans and Their Use of Australian Caves / Susan Q. White
- Australian Cave Diving / Rod OBrien, Ian D. Lewis, Ken Smith, Stefan M. Eberhard
- Conservation of Caves and Karst in Australia / Nicholas J. White, Susan Q. White
- ‘Hard’ Rock Karst Developed in Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic Carbonates:
- Tasmania / Ian Houshold, Alan Jackson
- Eastern Victoria / John A. Webb
- New South Wales and Southeastern Queensland / Andrew C. Baker
- North–Eastern Australia / John A. Webb
- Northern Territory and Western Queensland / Susan Q. White, Nicholas J. White, John A. Webb
- North–Western Australia / John A. Webb, Ross Anderson, Jay Anderson
- South Australia / Graham Pilkington
- ‘Soft’ Rock Karst Developed in Tertiary and Quaternary Limestones:
- Nullarbor / John A. Webb, Julia M. James
- Otway Basin / Susan Q. White
- Cape Range / Susan Q. White, Darren Brooks, John A. Webb
- Christmas Island / Susan Q. White, John A. Webb
- Quaternary Coastal Dune Limestone / Matej Lipar, Susan Q. White
- Non-Carbonate Caves:
- Queensland Lava Caves / Gregory J. Middleton, Stephan Kempe, John A. Webb
- Western Victorian Lava Caves / John A. Webb
- Non-carbonate Caves: Boulder, Fissure, Piping and Sea / Garry K. Smith
- Cave Contents:
- Cave Minerals and Speleothems / Julia M. James, John A. Webb
- Cave Sediments / David Gillieson
- Vertebrate Fossils in Australian Caves: Underground Archives of Past Biodiversity / Elizabeth Reed
- Cave Biology:
- Cave-Dwelling Bats in Australia / Emmi van Harten
- Cave Fauna / Stefan M. Eberhard.