Caves in Basalts in Krông Nô Area, Đắk Nông Province, Vietnam
Caves have always been creating a mysterious and fascinating beauty for
geoheritages, natural heritages, as well as geoparks.
Caves
in sedimentary rocks, especially in karst in Vietnam are diverse, often
breaking new records in length, depth and distribution region wide and world
wide.
Meanwhile,
caves in basaltic rocks in Vietnam were discovered in 2007 in the area of Trinh
Nữ waterfall, Krông Nô District, Đắk Nông province.
The
Trinh Nữ waterfall area is an attractive heritage complex on both natural and socio-cultural
aspects.
It
comprises 3 waterfalls and the famous associated scenery in the Central
Highlands, the craters, columnar basalts, resurgences of underground springs,
primary forests, national historic cultural monuments, etc. Caves here are quite
numerous and usually extend in certain direction.
Classified
by depth and water table, caves exist in 2 types: dry caves and wet caves.
A majority of caves are 3-6m in diameter, some
of which are up to over 10m with the length of several hundred meters.
On
the walls and ceilings of quite a few caves, turbulent flows of lava are
clearly observed.
A
majority of caves are homes of many bats.
The
caves inner area certainly has much potentials for exploration in the
disciplines of archeology, biology as well as geology.
The
cave system here will make a rich and unique geoheritage area of Trinh Nữ
waterfalls, and will also be the tourism highlight provided that it is to be
researched, restored and put available to geotourism.
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Title:
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Caves
in Basalts in Krông Nô Area, Đắk Nông Province, Vietnam
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Authors:
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Keywords:
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Cave
- Basalt - Heritage
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Issue
Date:
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2015
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Publisher:
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ĐHQGHN
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Citation:
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tr.
36-46
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Series/Report
no.:
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Vol.
31, No. 2, 2015 (E. S);
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