A Travel Guide to Prehistoric Places in North America has been put together by the people over at io9.com, and none other then Kentucky’s own Mammoth Cave National Park is named as one of the locations.
This is what they say about Mammoth Cave:
Importance: At over 360 mapped miles, Mammoth Cave National Park is the longest cave system in the world. Other geological goodies include karst, terrain created when soluble rocks like limestone and dolomite dissolve. Mammoth Cave has been forming since 100 mya, and as a result of the karst it displays almost ever kind of cave feature, which makes it a great illustration of geological history. Scientists are working on a number of research projects on the site.
Head over there and check out the rest of their list, which includes the Grand Canyon and Rancho La Brea
Source: io9.com
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