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Encyclopedia of Caves is a selfcontained, beautifully illustrated work dedicated to caves and their unique environments. It includes more than 100 comprehensive articles from leading scholars and explorers in 15 different countries. Each entry is detailed and scientifically sound, yet accessible for students and nonscientists. This largeformat reference is enchanced with hundreds of fullcolor photographs, maps, and drawings from the authors own work, which provide unique images of the underground environment. Global in reachauthors are an international team of experts covering caves from around the world Includes 24 new articles commissioned especially for this 2nd edition Articles contain extensive bibliographies crossreferencing related essays Hundreds of color photographs, maps, charts and illustrations of cave features and biota AZ sequence and a comprehensive index allow for easy location of topics Glossary presents definitions of all key vocabulary items
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Encyclopedia of Caves is a selfcontained, beautifully illustrated work dedicated to caves and their unique environments. It includes more than 100 comprehensive articles from leading scholars and explorers in 15 different countries. Each entry is detailed and scientifically sound, yet accessible for students and nonscientists. This largeformat reference is enchanced with hundreds of fullcolor photographs, maps, and drawings from the authors own work, which provide unique images of the underground environment. Global in reachauthors are an international team of experts covering caves from around the world Includes 24 new articles commissioned especially for this 2nd edition Articles contain extensive bibliographies crossreferencing related essays Hundreds of color photographs, maps, charts and illustrations of cave features and biota AZ sequence and a comprehensive index allow for easy location of topics Glossary presents definitions of all key vocabulary items
