Cave minerals are secondary minerals formed inside a cave resulting from one or several of the following processes: reprecipitation of the bedrock, supersaturation of solutions, dehydration, biogenic processes (or human activity), hydrothermal...

A speleothem (from the Greek for "cave deposit") is a secondary mineral deposit formed in caves. It is the formal term for what is also known as a cave...

Abstract: This study aims to establish evidence for the widespread existence of preserved high-resolution trace element variations in speleothems that may have climatic significance. Ion microprobe analysis of speleothems reveals that annual to sub-annual variations in element chemistry exist at five, shallow western European...

CHIMANTA TEPUI, Venezuela _ Charles Brewer Carias has discovered giant sinkholes, collected new species of plants and scorpions, and rappelled into unexplored caves on his nearly 200 expeditions into the flat-topped mountains and jungles of Venezuela.The mustachioed 68-year-old says his passion for discovery makes him...