Cave and Karst Systems of Romania

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ponta, Gheorghe M. L. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Onac, Bogdan P. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Cave and Karst Systems of the World,
• Subjects: Hydrogeology.; Geomorphology.; Climatology.; Archaeology.; Mineralogy.
• Physical Description: XVII, 544 p. 377 illus., 350 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319907475
• ISSN: 2364-4591
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-90747-5

This book focuses on Romania's more than 12,000 caves, which developed in limestone (including thermal water caves), salt, gypsum, and occasionally in sandstone. It examines these caves and related topics in a format suitable for cavers, while also addressing a broad range of aspects useful for students and researchers. Since the Institute of Speleology was first established by Emil Racovita in 1920, a great deal of research has been conducted on all cave and karst types. As such, the book examines a variety of scientific fields, including karst geology, hydrogeology, biospeleology, paleoclimatology, mineralogy and archaeology.