SBU Libraries: Earth Science: Karst/Caves/Sinkholes

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Missouri's Cave Pioneers
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My Ozarks: Riverbluff Cave
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Karst/Caves

Below Missouri Karst
By William R. Elliott, Ph.D, MDC Retired. March 2, 2000 From Missouri Conservationist: Mar 2000
Inside Earth Newsletters
A National Park Service resource
Cave: Creation by Groundwater
An Encyclopedia Britannia streaming media resource
Devil's Well
A National Park Service site, Devil's Well is a karst window
Eerie Devils Well gets first look in decades
Wes Johnson, News Leader, 07/01/2015
Karst Landscapes
A National Park Service resource
How Stalactites and Stalagmites Form
A National Park Service resource
Karst
An Encyclopedia Britannica article
Karst in Missouri
A Missouri Dept. of Natural Resource website
Karst Applied Research Studies Through Geologic Mapping (KARST) Project
An USGS resource
Karst Information Portal
From the website: "The Karst Information Portal is an open-access digital library linking scientists, managers, and explorers to quality information resources in order to inform research, to enhance collaboration, and to address policy decisions concerning karst environments."
Karst in the United States: A Digital Map Compilation and Database
USGS
Karst topography; computer animations and paper model
USGS
Karst Topography Paper Model
National Park Service
Mammoth Cave
From the National Park Service website: "Mammoth Cave is the world's longest known cave system, with more than 390 miles explored."
Missouri – The Cave State
A commercial website, this includes links to some of Missouri's show caves.
Missouri — The Cave State
Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources. PUB0664
National Cave and Karst Institute
National Speleological Society (NSS)
(NSS) is dedicated to the scientific study of caves and karst
Secret Life of Caves
A National Public Radio podcast,
Speleogenesis Scientific Network
From the resource: "... a non-profit platform aimed to integrate and promote efforts of the international community of cave and karst scholars in information exchange, communication and collaboration."