Caves [electronic resource] / Jeanne K. Hanson ; foreword by Geoffrey H. Nash.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Origin of the landform: Caves -- Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, United States -- Cenotes, Chicxulub, and the Caves of Yucatan, Mexico -- Lascaux Cave of Southwestern France -- Lubang Nasib Bagus and the Sarawak Chamber of Borneo, Malaysia -- Kazumura Cave of Hawaii, United States -- Fingal's Cave of Scotland, Great Britain -- Waitomo Cave of New Zealand -- Carlsbad Cavern of New Mexico, United States -- Wind Cave of South Dakota, United States -- Kverkfjoll Cave of the Vatnajokull Glacier, Iceland -- Conclusion: Caves -- Glossary -- Books -- Web sites -- Magazines and journals -- Index.

Presents an introduction to caves, describing how they were formed and how they have changed over time, and providing the history and current formation of ten of the world's most unusual natural underground formations.