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You may be asking, why has the Forest of Dean been placed with North Wales instead of South Wales? The reason is because there are far more opportunities to find cryogenic cave calcites in South Wales than there are in the Forest of Dean. Those caving in South Wales would therefore have an unfair ad...

You may be asking, why has the Forest of Dean been placed with North Wales instead of South Wales? The reason is because there are far more opportunities to find cryogenic cave calcites in South Wales than there are in the Forest of Dean. Those caving in South Wales would therefore have an unfair ad...

Jan Karvik has discovered and reported finds of CCCs in Miss Graces Lane. a. Miss Graces Lane b. Canyon Halls c. White concave/convex bubbles and raft-like formations d. angular boulders, dry passage that doesn’t flood Canyon Halls 001-LR_.jpg 002-LR.jpg 003-LR_.jpg a. Miss Graces Lane b. Nurden Hal...

The following article was published as part of an ongoing cave science series in Descent (254), February 2017, and is reproduced here with permission. The original publication is available from https://www.wildplaces.co.uk/descent/629-descent-254.html . Further distribution of this article is not pe...

Popular-Science Publications Moseley, G.E. 2017. Mendips ice caves. Descent 254, 23 Open-Access Research Publications Richter, D. K., Meissner, P., Immenhauser, A., Schulte, U., and Dorsten, I. 2010. Cryogenic and non-cryogenic pool calcites indicating permafrost and non-permafrost periods: a case ...

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This is an open thread for general discussion on the topic of cryogenic cave calcites. If you are submitting to the competition, please visit the respective regional forums. Northern England (Dales and outlying areas) North Wales and the Forest of Dean Peak District (all sites in the 'Caves of the P...

CCC MORPHOLOGIES White, 'bubble-like' CCCs Wookey Hole 3.jpg Wookey Hole 2.jpg Reservoir Hole1.jpg Miss Graces Lane 7.jpg Brown, 'breadcrumb-sugary-type' CCCs Miss Graces Lane 3.jpg Miss Graces Lane 4.jpg Miss Graces Lane 5.jpg Luetscher et al 2014.jpg Switzerland1.jpg Whiteish, 'raft-like' CCCs Mi...

Another indication of the former presence of ice is "fluffy" mud

OVERVIEW OF SITES CCCs are often found on angular breakdown boulders (indicative of freeze-thaw processes) Switzerland1.jpg Reservoir Hole 1.jpg Reservoir Hole 2.jpg Reservoir Hole 3.jpg Reservoir Hole 4.jpg Reservoir Hole 5.jpg Reservoir Hole 6.jpg Wetsink1.jpg Wetsink2.jpg WookeyHole1.jpg WookeyH...

FORMATION Cryogenic cave calcites (CCCs) form when water enters a cave and turns to ice. As the water freezes, it becomes increasingly enriched in ions to the point of supersaturation and precipitation of calcite. Today, caves in Britain do not contain ice, but evidence that they once did can be fo...

The British Cave Research Association, Yorkshire Geological Society, and Leeds Geological Association are pleased to announce the final details of the 28th Annual Cave Science Symposium to be held Saturday 21st October, 2017, in Leeds, UK. Whether you are an academic, an amateur scientist, or a cave...

Summary Timetable: Doors open 08:30. Symposium Starts 09:15. Finishes 17:30

The timetable and abstracts are now available for the Cave Science Symposium on 21st October 2017. Please see the pdf attached to this post for further information.

The British Cave Research Association, Yorkshire Geological Society, and Leeds Geological Association are pleased to announce details of the 28th Annual Cave Science Symposium and associated field trips. The Symposium will be hosted by Prof. Simon Bottrell and Dr. Phillip Murphy of the School of Ear...

British Cave Research Association 28th Cave Science Symposium hosted jointly with the Yorkshire Geological Society and Leeds Geological Association Symposium - Saturday 21st October, 2017 Field-trip - Sunday 22nd October, 2017 School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds FIRST CIRCULAR &...