The Caves of Burnsville Cove, Virginia

Download or read book The Caves of Burnsville Cove, Virginia written by William B. White and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-04-20 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights some of the most difficult and persistent exploration ever undertaken in the United States – in Burnsville Cove, a small limestone valley in west-central Virginia – while at the same time reviewing the scientific discoveries made in the area’s 116 km of caves in the course of 50 years. Overall, the book offers a unique combination of exploration and science by a conservation organization specifically dedicated to the preservation and study of the caves.