Beneath the Surface

A Natural History of Australian Caves

• Author(s): Elery Hamilton-Smith, Brian Finlayson,
• Publisher: UNSW Press
• Pages: 182
• ISBN_10: 0868405957
  ISBN_13: 9780868405957
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Nature / General , Nature / Plants / General , Science / Earth Sciences / Geography , Science / Earth Sciences / Geology , Sports & Recreation / General , Travel / Australia & Oceania ,

Description:... 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.