Beneath the Surface: a Natural History of Australian Caves
By (Author) Elery Hamilton-Smith
Edited by Brian Finlayson
NewSouth Publishing
NewSouth Publishing
1st August 2003
Australia
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Physical geography and topography
Caving and potholing
551.4470994
Paperback
216
Width 162mm, Height 275mm
610g
Caves are exciting places to visit, whether you are a tourist, a sporting caver or a scientist in one of the many disciplines which use caves as natural laboratories. This book comprehensively reviews what we presently know about Australia's caves including the varieties of cave types and how they form, cave fauna, fossils, Aboriginal relics and decorations in caves, and a history of cave exploration and cave science in Australia.