洞穴學

洞穴學是一門科學的研究，研究洞穴，喀斯特地貌特徵，結構，物理性質，化學性質，歷史，生命形式和形成過程(speleogenesis)和隨時間而改變(speleomorphology)。探索洞窟有時也是休閒活動，洞穴學和探索往往相連。洞窟是一個跨學科的領域，結合化學，生物學，地質學，物理學，氣象學和製圖的知識來開發複雜的洞穴的，同時亦是不斷發展的系統。

歷史

洞穴地質和水文

地球化學石筍

洞穴製圖

洞穴生物

洞穴科學的其他領域

參考

外部链接

• Different Types of Erosion
• National Speleological Society
• The Virtual Cave, an online guide to speleothems
• Biospeleology; The Biology of Caves, Karst, and Groundwater, by Texas Natural Science Center, the University of Texas at Austin and the Missouri Department of Conservation
• , a communication platform for physical speleology and karst science research
• National Cave Research and Protection Organization, India
• , biospeleology in India
• , sponsored by Hoosier National Forest and Indiana Karst Conservancy
• (International Journal of Speleology) (in English, Italian, French, German, and Spanish)
• Caving News, Daily news and articles on caves, caving, speleology, karst and other information for cavers.