My big #cave #geology thread. This was a trip examining a section of Coldwater Cave in Iowa as an Earth analog for #PlanetaryCaves. We were using this as an analog for #karst caves that might exist on Saturn's moon #Titan.

Here we go!

[start thread]

So I got a #cave adventure coming up as a potential analog for #planetarycaves and #karst.
(When? Soon. Am at arrival airport as our team collects up. Am chilling in baggage claim and tooting up a thread.)

So how do solution caves form anyway?
There's a few key steps every dissolution caves has to go through. (A #Geology thread.)

0. Soluble rock is emplaced
1. Crack
2. Fissure
3. Conduit
4. Void space
5. Mineral Depositon

Quick run-through of some of those steps:

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Our article on Titan caves was selected as an Editor's Hoghlight and was featured in Eos!
Link here: https://eos.org/editor-highlights/titanic-caves-and-where-to-find-them

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Planetary Caves across the Solar System!

Here is a USGS press-release and Q and A interview of some of our recent papers
about planetary caves.

https://www.usgs.gov/centers/astrogeology-science-center/news/caves-across-solar-system

Inside are links to some of the key papers. Some of these are open-access!

Also in there is a link to our big data table inventory of planetary caves!

Enjoy!

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Do you like planetary caves?
Here's an article with links to two OPEN ACCESS (whoo-hoo!) papers in JGR Planets.
Article describes science and engineering issues and needs around planetary cave research. And gives an inventory of suspected caves around the Solar System.
(Am co-author on both. My Titan cave paper is in proof stage, I'll toot that out at a later point.)
https://news.nau.edu/space-exploration-goes-underground/

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