Science in Burnsville Cove
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The "Science in Burnsville Cove 2018" report from Will White and the BCCS Science Committee:
Interesting Potential Research Projects in Burnsville Cove
Will White, a long time BCCS member, cave explorer, and Geosciences Professor Emeritus at Penn State, put together a list of research projects that could be conducted in Burnsville Cove for presentation at the October 1, 2016 BCCS Annual Business Meeting. Here are his slides and a writeup on the potential science Dr. White has suggested.
BCCS Future Science slides Will White Feb 2017
BCCS Future Science Will White Feb 2017
Sinking Creek Grant
In 2016, the Butler Cave Conservation Society established a science grant program, the Sinking Creek Grant. Its purpose is to provide small monetary grants, typically on the order of a few hundred dollars, to help defray costs associated with carrying out cave and karst science research in and around Burnsville Cove, Virginia.
http://butlercave.org/science/sinkingcreekgrant.html
Previous Recipients:
2018 Emily Brent - Geology and geomorphology of Owl Cave
Major scientific publications dedicated to Burnsville Cove
Geologic controls on cave development in Burnsville Cove:
The Caves of Burnsville Cove, Virginia. Cave and Karst Systems of the World, Springer Publishing Switzerland, 2015.
http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319143903
https://www.amazon.com/Caves-Burnsville-Cove-Virginia-Exploration/dp/3319143905/ref=mt_hardcover
Burnsville Cove Symposium, National Speleological Society Bulletin 44, number 3, 1982.
https://caves.org/nss-business/publications/JCKS/Bulletin/Vol%2044%20num%203.pdf (NSS Members only)
Deike, G.H., III, 1960, Origin and geologic relations of Breathing Cave, Virginia: Bulletin of the National Speleological Society, v. 22, pt. 1, p. 30-42.
Scientific papers and other publications relevant to the cave and karst of Burnsville Cove
Age of sediments in Sand Canyon, Butler Cave
Quaternary history of Browns Pond (karst sinkhole on Tower Hill Mountain):
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2020SE/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/344348
Analysis of isotopes in stalagmites from Owl Cave
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2020SE/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/344849
Structural features in Burnsville Cove
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2020SE/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/344398
Geology and Geomorphology of Owl Cave (Siphon No. 1 Cave):
Evidence of Silurian-age paleo-karst at Water Sinks reef:
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2018AM/webprogram/Paper322641.html
Conditions in Burnsville Cove during the last glacial maximum, work by Chris Bernhardt analyzing core samples in the Water Sinks:
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2016SE/webprogram/Paper273006.html
USGS Core Sampling in the Water Sinks (Phil Lucas private communication summary).pdf
Cole, S.R., Haynes, J.T., Lucas, P.C. et al. Faunal and sedimentological analysis of a latest Silurian stromatoporoid biostrome from the central Appalachian Basin. Facies 61, 12 (2015).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10347-015-0440-x
Cole et al., 2015; Faunal and sedimentological analysis of a latest Silurian stromatoporoid biostrome from the central Appalachian Basin.pdf (posted with permission from P. Lucas, one of the authors.)
Haynes, John. (2014). The geological setting of Breathing Cave. In book: Breathing Cave, Bath County, Virginia, Edition: Monograph # 1, Publisher: Virginia Speleological Survey, Editors: Robert Zimmerman, pp.32-60
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305430539_The_geological_setting_of_Breathing_Cave
Lucas, Philip C., et al., International Congress of Speleology 2009 (Texas, USA), p. 2100, A Method for Detecting Cave Connections by Inducted Air Flow.
Chess, Daniel et al., Acta Carsologica 39(1), 11-26 (2010), CLASTIC SEDIMENTS IN THE BUTLER CAVE – SINKING CREEK SYSTEM, VIRGINIA, USA
Schwartz, Benjamin F. and Doctor, Daniel H. GEOMORPHIC AND HYDROGEOLOGIC EVOLUTION OF KARST IN THE BURNSVILLE COVE, VIRGINIA, USA in the 2009 ICS Proceedings
Schwartz and Doctor_2009 ICS_Geomorphic and Hydrogeologic Evolution of Karst in the Burnsville Cove
Doctor, Daniel H., et al. PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT OF A STATISTICALLY-BASED KARST
CLASSIFICATIO SYSTEM, PHORMS
Ray, et al. Stable Isotopoes of a speleothem from Helictite Cave
Behr and Crowell, Subterranean, surface, and Lidar-derived bedding orientations refine the structural features in the Burnsville Cove, Bath and Highland Counties, Virginia
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340101363_Subterranean_surface_and_Lidar-derived_bedding_orientations_refine_the_structural_features_in_the_Burnsville_Cove_Bath_and_Highland_Counties_Virginia
Stalagmite Paleoclimate Record of Helictite Cave (Ray et al., 2017)
Ray et al Stalagmite Paleoclimate in Helictite 2017 GSA ABSTRACT
Ages of Sediment in Butler Cave (Swezey et al., 2023)
Ages of Sediment in the Pancake Field (Colip et al., 2023)
Black Dust Coating Sediments in Butler Cave (Woodward et al., 2023)
Scientific papers and other publications relevant to the flora and fauna in and around the cave and karst of Burnsville Cove
Holsinger, J.R., Culver, D.C., Hubbard, D.A., Jr., Orndorff, W.D., and Hobson, C.S., 2013, The invertebrate cave fauna of Virginia: Banisteria, v. 42, p. 9-56.
Hubbard, D.A., Jr., 1994-1995, Update on the invertebrate cave fauna of Burnsville Cove, Va.: Butler Cave Conservation Society (BCCS) Newsletter, v. 20, p. 29-30.
Holsinger, J.R., 1982, A preliminary report on the cave fauna of Burnsville Cove, Virginia: NSS Bulletin, v. 44, p. 98-101.
Cooper, J.E., 1962, Cave records for the salamander Plethodon r. richmondi Pope, with notes on additional cave-associated species: Herpetologica, v. 17, no. 4, p. 250-255.
Compiled list of the rare animals of Virginia, included a number found in Burnsville Cove.:
Rare Animals, Natural Heritage Technical Report 16-07, February 2016
Publications about the exploration of the caves in Burnsville Cove
Caves and Karst of the Water Sinks Area By Philip Lucas. This is a free ebook; hardcopy is also available on lulu.com.
[The website editor welcomes any additions or corrections to this list.]
ResearchGate suggested search
https://www.researchgate.net/search/publications?q=burnsville
Fictional publications about caving in Burnsville Cove
The webmaster apologizes for including a fictional publication on the "Science" page, but there didn't seem to be a better place for this at the time.
https://smile.amazon.com/Where-Dont-Shine-Underground-Thriller/dp/0966354710/
