Speleologie

@article{crossref1866mammoth,
    title = "Mammoth cave of Kentucky",
    year = "1866",
    journal = "Notes and Queries",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s3-ix.212.61b",
    doi = "10.1093/nq/s3-ix.212.61b",
    number = "212",
    pages = "61-61",
    volume = "s3-IX"
}

@article{vestal1870the,
    author = "VESTAL, TILGHMAN B.",
    title = "The Mammoth Cave and the Cave Regions of Kentucky",
    year = "1870",
    journal = "Scientific American",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican06251870-412",
    doi = "10.1038/scientificamerican06251870-412",
    number = "26",
    pages = "412-413",
    volume = "22"
}

@article{stevens1882the,
    author = "Stevens, W. LeConte",
    title = "The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky",
    year = "1882",
    journal = "Science",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1126/science.os-3.80.3",
    doi = "10.1126/science.os-3.80.3",
    number = "80",
    pages = "3-6",
    volume = "os-3"
}

@article{hovey1891mammoth,
    author = "Hovey, Horace C.",
    title = "Mammoth Cave, Kentucky",
    year = "1891",
    journal = "Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.2307/196576",
    doi = "10.2307/196576",
    pages = "47",
    volume = "23"
}

@misc{fisher1934growth1,
    author = "Fisher, L. W",
    title = "Wachstum von Stalaktiten",
    year = "1934",
    howpublished = "American Mineralogist, v. 19, p. 429-431",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Fisher, L. W., 1934, Wachstum von Stalaktiten: American Mineralogist, v. 19, p. 429-431.}"
}

@article{jones1965algological,
    author = "Jones, H.",
    title = "Algologische Untersuchungen in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky",
    year = "1965",
    journal = "International Journal of Speleology",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.5038/1827-806x.1.4.6",
    doi = "10.5038/1827-806x.1.4.6",
    number = "4",
    pages = "491-516",
    volume = "1"
}

@article{vanlandingham1965diatoms,
    author = "Van Landingham, Sam",
    title = "Diatoms from Mammoth Cave, Kentucky",
    year = "1965",
    journal = "International Journal of Speleology",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.5038/1827-806x.1.4.7",
    doi = "10.5038/1827-806x.1.4.7",
    number = "4",
    pages = "517-539",
    volume = "1"
}

In den Höhlen des Mammoth Cave National Park gefundene Ablagerungen aus klastischen Sedimenten haben ein magnetostratigraphisches Muster von magnetischen Polumkehrungen ergeben, das darauf hindeutet, dass sie über einen Zeitraum von mindestens 1 Million und wahrscheinlich 2 Millionen Jahren abgelagert wurden.

@article{schmidt1982magnetostratigraphy,
    author = "Schmidt, Victor A.",
    title = "Magnetostratigraphie von Sedimenten in der Mammoth Cave, Kentucky",
    year = "1982",
    journal = "Science",
    abstract = "In den Höhlen des Mammoth Cave National Park gefundene Ablagerungen aus klastischen Sedimenten haben ein magnetostratigraphisches Muster von magnetischen Polumkehrungen ergeben, das darauf hindeutet, dass sie über einen Zeitraum von mindestens 1 Million und wahrscheinlich 2 Millionen Jahren abgelagert wurden.",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1126/science.217.4562.827",
    doi = "10.1126/science.217.4562.827",
    number = "4562",
    pages = "827-829",
    volume = "217"
}

@misc{schmidt1982magnetostratigraphy2,
    author = "Schmidt, V. A",
    title = "Magnetostratigraphie von Sedimenten in der Mammoth Cave, Kentucky",
    year = "1982",
    howpublished = "Science, v. 217, p. 827-829",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Schmidt, V. A., 1982, Magnetostratigraphie von Sedimenten in der Mammoth Cave, Kentucky: Science, v. 217, p. 827-829.}"
}

@incollection{brucker2012mammoth,
    author = "Brucker, Roger W.",
    title = "Mammoth Cave System, Kentucky",
    year = "2012",
    booktitle = "Encyclopedia of Caves",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-383832-2.00067-0",
    doi = "10.1016/b978-0-12-383832-2.00067-0",
    pages = "469-474"
}

Mammoth Cave ist die Hauptattraktion des Mammoth Cave National Park. Seit mehreren Jahrzehnten ist es die längste bekannte Höhle der Welt und enthält derzeit 652 km an 2016 untersuchten Gängen. Es befindet sich im Herzen eines ausgedehnten Karstplateaus, in dem der Schichtneigungswert im Durchschnitt nur einen Grad beträgt. Die Höhle ist Teil eines Einzugsgebiets von mehr als 200 km². Die Höhle ist seit mehreren Jahrtausenden den lokalen Einwohnern bekannt und enthält eine reiche Sammlung von archäologischen und historischen Artefakten. Sie beherbergt viele speleobiologische Organismen, darunter mehrere seltene und gefährdete Arten, und wurde als Weltkulturerbe und Internationale Biosphärenreservat (UNESCO) ausgewiesen. Ihre vielen Gangstufen und Sedimente enthalten einen Bericht über die Fluvialgeschichte des größten Teils des südöstlichen Nordamerikas.

@article{palmer2016the,
    author = "Palmer, A. N.",
    title = "The Mammoth Cave system, Kentucky, USA",
    year = "2016",
    journal = "Boletín Geológico y Minero",
    abstract = "Mammoth Cave is the main attraction of Mammoth Cave National Park. For several decades it has been the longest known cave in the world and currently contains 652 km in 2016 of surveyed passages. It is located in the heart of an extensive karst plateau, in which the stratal dip averages only one degree. The cave is part of a drainage basin of more than 200 km². The cave has been known to local inhabitants for several millennia and contains a rich trove of archaeological and historical artifacts. It contains many speleo biota including several rare and endangered species and has been designated a World Heritage Site and an International Biosphere Reserve (UNESCO). Its many passage levels and sediments contain a record of the fluvial history of most of southeastern North America.",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.21701/bolgeomin.127.1.009",
    doi = "10.21701/bolgeomin.127.1.009",
    number = "1",
    pages = "131-145",
    volume = "127"
}

@incollection{brucker2019mammoth,
    author = "Brucker, Roger W.",
    title = "Mammoth Cave System, Kentucky",
    year = "2019",
    booktitle = "Encyclopedia of Caves",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-814124-3.00080-7",
    doi = "10.1016/b978-0-12-814124-3.00080-7",
    pages = "669-677"
}