
How Bat Breath and Guano Can Change the Shapes of Caves
Author(s) -
JoAnna Wendel
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2015eo039053
Subject(s) - guano , cave , environmental science , geography , archaeology
Researchers working in caves in Borneo and elsewhere are finding evidence that biological processes shape many tropical caves by slowly eating away at surrounding rock.