Pseudokarst

Turtle Rock

Turtle Rock (SE Queensland) is pseudokarst(?) in rhyolitic ignimbrite.

Volcanic Posters

Poster (PDF) on Formation of Lava Caves by various processes (KG Grimes, 2003). Prepared for the ACKMA Conference in north Queensland.

Poster (PDF) on Sub-crustal Lava Caves (KG Grimes, 2002). Prepared for the Icelandic conference on Volcano-speleology.

Published Papers

Paper (PDF) on Pseudokarst terminology: KG Grimes 1997. "Redefining the boundary between karst and pseudokarst: a discussion" Published in Cave and Karst Science, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp 87-90

Paper (PDF) on "Pseudokarst: Definition and types": KG Grimes 1975. Published in the Proceedings of the 10^th Biennial Conference of the Australian Speleological Federation (ASF), 1975.

Paper (PDF) on "Volcanic Caves and Related features of Western Victoria": KG Grimes 2000. Published in the Proceedings of the 13^th Australasian Cave and Karst Management Conference (ACKMA), 1999.

Volcanic Cave Reports (PDF)

3H-10: Natural Bridge (KG Grimes 2002) Report in Nargun on a cave formed by Levee Overgrowth of a surface lava channel. Mt. Eccles.

3H-13: Bridge Cave (KG Grimes 1999) Report on a large branching feeder tube at the Byaduk caves.

3H-70: Carmichael cave (KG Grimes, 2002) Report in Nargun on a complex shallow sub-crustal lava cave at Mt. Eccles.

3H-105: Mt Fyans Dyke Cave (KG Grimes 2001) Report on a small cave formed in a volcanic dyke.

3H-106 and 3H-108 A pair of sub-crustal caves at Byaduk. These two and H-74 form a stack of three caves in separate thin lava flows. (KG Grimes, 2002).

Web Pages (image of an old web site on Volcanic Caves of Victoria)

Web Pages

Photos (directories)

North Queensland Lava tubes

Victorian Lava tubes