洞穴學

洞穴學是一門科學的研究，研究洞穴，喀斯特地貌特徵，結構，物理性質，化學性質，歷史，生命形式和形成過程(speleogenesis)和隨時間而改變(speleomorphology)。探索洞窟有時也是休閒活動，洞穴學和探索往往相連。洞窟是一個跨學科的領域，結合化學，生物學，地質學，物理學，氣象學和製圖的知識來開發複雜的洞穴的，同時亦是不斷發展的系統。

歷史

洞穴地質和水文

地球化學石筍

洞穴製圖

洞穴生物

洞穴科學的其他領域

參考

外部链接 

 Different Types of Erosion
 National Speleological Society
 The Virtual Cave, an online guide to speleothems
 Biospeleology; The Biology of Caves, Karst, and Groundwater, by Texas Natural Science Center, the University of Texas at Austin and the Missouri Department of Conservation
 Speleogenesis Network, a communication platform for physical speleology and karst science research
 National Cave Research and Protection Organization, India
 cave-biology.org Cave biology, biospeleology in India
 Cave Biota; an evolving "webumentary", sponsored by Hoosier National Forest and Indiana Karst Conservancy
 IJS – Home Page (International Journal of Speleology) (in English, Italian, French, German, and Spanish)
 Caving News, Daily news and articles on caves, caving, speleology, karst and other information for cavers.

洞穴学
地球科学
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