Speleology

Speleology

The study of caves, the way they are formed, physical properties and type.

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soda straw

Natural environment; Speleology

Proto-stalactite in which water flow down through the center of the straw. Upon entering a vadose cave passage, the change in the partial pressure of carbon dioxide cause CO2 degassing and the slow ...

prusiking

Natural environment; Speleology

The art of ascending a standing line (rope) by a caver with prusik knots as opposed to the use of a mechanical ascender.

traverse

Natural environment; Speleology

The commonest form of cave survey in which direction, distance and vertical angle between successive points are measured.

chimneying

Natural environment; Speleology

Ascending or descending by means of opposed body and/or limb pressures against two facing walls.

uvala

Natural environment; Speleology

Large closed depression formed by the coalescence of several dolines which have enlarged towards each other. Typically, the floor is irregular, being a combination of doline floors and degraded ...