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We've partnered with Amazon.com to offer you these great karst books. When you purchase these books using the links below, up to 15% of the proceeds directly benefit
The Karst Conservancy.
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Water's Journey - The Hidden Rivers of Florida
Over eight billion gallons of water a day bursts forth from Florida's springs - the most unique concentration of springs on the planet. We join a team of divers on a daring journey into the Floridan Aquifer - to find out what's going wrong. As the team follows the connective path of water through the landscape, their discoveries lead viewers on a thrilling adventure about the miraculous course that water takes, and the places we don't want to believe it goes.
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Living With Karst
Vividly illustrates what karst is and why these resource-rich, environmentally vulnerable
areas are important. The 64-page booklet is filled with brilliant color photos and easy-to-understand illustrations and is designed to increase understanding of karst geology,
cave ecology, sinkhole collapse, and environmental public policy. Extensive lists of additional information. Includes poster. Published by American Geological Institute.
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Speleogenesis, Evolution of Karst Aquifers
Speleogenesis is a monumental book, long in the making and
eagerly awaited by speleologists and cavers worldwide. Without doubt, it is the most inclusive compilation of English language papers yet published in a single volume on the origin
of caves and the hydrogeomorphic evolution of karst groundwater systems. It is a veritable textbook on the subject of karst processes. Hardcover, 496 pages, published by the National
Speleological Society in 2000.
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Sinkholes
Grades 4-7. This straightforward presentation introduces an unusual subject: sinkholes, naturally occurring
holes in the earth's surface. Colorful photos from around the world appear on every page and illustrate particular points about the formation and ecology of sinkholes. The book
ends with a glossary, bibliography, and a list of sinkhole sites (usually state or national parks) in 21 states and two Canadian provinces. Hardcover, 96 pages. Published by Pineapple
Press in 2002.
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