Draft:Buckeye Creek Cave

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Comment: But why is it notable? 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 18:50, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

Buckeye Creek Cave is located on Butler Mountain in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The cave's formation has been aided by Buckeye Creek, a tributary of Middle Island Creek.^[1]

Geology

Limestone sediments were deposited during the Mississippian and are primarily composed from the Greenbrier Group. Buckeye Creek Cave's passages were formed through underground sections of Buckeye Creek eroding away at these Mississippian sediments.

The cave features a variety of speleothems such as stalactites, and stalagmites. These speleothems form as calcite precipitates out of groundwater in the cave. Rimstone Dams are also present as acidic water erodes its surrounding limestone.

Due to Buckeye Creek running through the cave, there are large amounts of flood deposits and organic material present. Transport of sediment into the cave has allowed paleoclimate research regarding the surrounding area to be completed.^[2]^[3]

Exploration

Buckeye Creek Cave was first explored by Jim Berry and Gordon Rutzen, members of the National Speleological Society, during the late 1950s & early 1960s.

The first survey was completed by the Baltimore Grotto in the early 1960s. A second survey was completed by the West Virginia Association for Cave Studies (WVACS). This extended upon the work of the Baltimore Grotto and resulted in the first published map of Buckeye cave Creek. Through 1985-1987, a new collection of surveys was completed by George Dasher & WVACS. This allowed for a new, more-complete map to be created.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Springer, Gregory S. "Caves, Karst, and Science in the Buckeye Creek Cave Watershed". SpringerLink. Springer International Publishing. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
^ Lloyd, Caitlin M. "Surficial Geology and Stratigraphy of a Late Pleistocene Lake Deposit in the Buckeye Creek Watershed, Greenbrier County, West Virgina, USA". ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
^ Springer, Gregory S.; Mihindukulasooriya, Nivanthi L.; White, Matthew D.; Rowe, Harold D. "Micro-Charcoal Abundances in Stream Sediments From Buckeye Creek Cave, West Virgina, USA" (PDF). Jornal of Cave and Karst Studies. Retrieved 12 December 2024.

[:0-1] Springer, Gregory S. "Caves, Karst, and Science in the Buckeye Creek Cave Watershed". SpringerLink. Springer International Publishing. Retrieved 12 December 2024.

[2] Lloyd, Caitlin M. "Surficial Geology and Stratigraphy of a Late Pleistocene Lake Deposit in the Buckeye Creek Watershed, Greenbrier County, West Virgina, USA". ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I. Retrieved 12 December 2024.

[3] Springer, Gregory S.; Mihindukulasooriya, Nivanthi L.; White, Matthew D.; Rowe, Harold D. "Micro-Charcoal Abundances in Stream Sediments From Buckeye Creek Cave, West Virgina, USA" (PDF). Jornal of Cave and Karst Studies. Retrieved 12 December 2024.

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