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Cueva Chica, Puerto Rico Photo: Mike Lace

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx There are many different kinds of caves. Most caves are solution caves and they occur in karst areas. However, there are some caves that occur in non-karst such as lava tubes, talus caves, sea caves, tectonic caves and glaciers. 3-D Tour of Mammoth Cave National Park http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/mammoth/ A virtual cave tour - with excellent photographs from solutional caves, sea caves, lava tubes, and erosional caves. http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave.html A USGS site on Lava tubes in Oregon, Washinton, California and Hawaii http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/LavaTubes/description_lava_tubes.html Glacier Caves http://glaciercaves.com/html/glacie_12.htm xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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