| Woodward Cave is a solutional cave, formed by the removal of bedrock by circulating groundwater & by underground streams. The H2O transports the bulk of the material out of the cave in solution (i.e., - dissolved). Most solution caves are in limestone.
Cave Features
Tunnels - Caves are made of passages. The passages have various shapes, various relationships to each other, may have formed at the same or at different times, may have been formed by a single H2O source or by different sources. Passages in a cave may be genetically related or only fortuitously connected.
Passage cross-sections vary from elliptical tubes formed from fast-moving H2O to more complex shapes controlled by the characteristics of the bedrock.
Vertical Features - A remarkable aspect of most caves in regions of moderate-to-low relief is that the principal passages are either nearly horizontal or almost vertical. The vertical features may be conveniently divided into two types: chimneys & vertical shafts.... |
Campground: Woodward Cave & Campground in Woodward Pennsylvania *