Volcanic Caves of Victoria (Carmichael Cave)

Carmichael Cave (3H-70), Mt. Eccles.

This is a complex subcrustal cave that has many shallow, low-roofed tubes and chambers that would have formed in a series of lava lobes overflowing from the big lava channel.

See also:
Report (PDF) in Nargun with detailed map and descriptions.
Cave Report (PDF): an earlier cave report on the same cave.

Selected photographs and diagrams

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Map of Carmichael Cave
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Panorama of the broad but low-roofed chamber at section "X-31".
This is typical of "subcrustal" systems developed by the draining of lava lobes.
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Typical low passages. The mound to the left separates two chambers and might be a "partition" or "septa" that originally separated two lava lobes.
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An aa flow entering the lower level of the cave from a maze of small high-level tubes.
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Ceiling with lava drips and a burst lining.
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A group of lava "turds" extruded out of small holes in a lining.
Stereopair, view cross-eyed.
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