speleology

Explores the geology and history of caves and provides basic information on splunking, or cave exploration.

An illustrated introduction to a career as an cave geologist, with examples of activities outside the laboratory.

An examination of caves that describes different types of caves, explains how they are formed, and discusses speleothems, underground resources, various cave discoveries, cave dwellers, cave conservation, and the work of speleologists.

Discusses the various types of caves, the uses people have found for caves, and the rules, equipment, and techniques involved in exploring caves, or spelunking.

Discusses how caves are formed and what a spelunker might find while exploring a cavern.

Describes adventures in cave exploration and cave diving, including how caves form, some famous cavers, and the equipment cavers use.

Discusses the science of speleology and what scientists have learned about caves, how they are formed, and what lives in them.