Record #:

9844

Author(s):

Scott, Kay

Abstract:

There are 870 caves throughout the state from the mountains to the sea, and each is listed under the three major cave types--solution, fissure, and boulder. Scott discusses what can be learned through an underground trip.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 52 Issue 2, Feb 1988, p22-27, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Caves

Record #:

35836

Author(s):

Faulkner, Janice Hardison

Abstract:

Faulkner noted cave walls as a site of a form of communication not regarded so often as such: graffiti. As for a modern day equivalent of cave walls, Faulkner noted school desktops as a site for what may also be seen as a combination of written communication and artistic expression.

Source:

Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 8 Issue 2, Mar 1980, p8

Subject(s):

Caves; Graffiti; Communication; Creativity; Schools--furniture

Record #:

23641

Author(s):

Averill, Graham; Tran, Monty [Photographer]

Abstract:

The caves at Rumbling Bald Mountain were created in the 1800s after an earthquake shook giant slabs of granite loose. These are one example of Western North Carolina granite caves that locals and visitors frequent.

Source:

WNC Magazine (NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 1 Issue 5, November/December 2007, p166-171, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Caves

Record #:

30078

Author(s):

Barr, Thomas C., Jr.

Abstract:

The trechines are a group of small carabid beetles that includes many species restricted to cool, moist microhabitats. In the Appalachian region, they are abundant in caves of the Unaka mountain province of western North Carolina and adjacent Tennessee. New species are described and illustrated from Camp Creek Bald, North Carolina/Tennessee.

Source:

Brimleyana (NoCar QL 155 B75), Vol. Issue 11, Oct 1985, p119-132, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Insects; Caves

Record #:

30051

Author(s):

Holsinger, John R.; Culver, David C.

Abstract:

Collections of invertebrate animals and ecological data were made from approximately five-hundred caves in the Appalachian Valley and Ridge province of Virginia and eastern Tennessee from 1961 to 1980. The regional cave faunas consist of species that are related to or also exist in North Carolina and other southeastern states.

Source:

Brimleyana (NoCar QL 155 B75), Vol. Issue 14, June 1988, p1-162, il, map, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Caves; Ecology