Hidden Earth 2018
Krem Puri ‘Fairy Cave’, Meghalaya India - 2018 Exploration and Scientific Progress in the World’s Longest Sandstone Cave
30 minute Lecture|Dr Mark Tringham
Abstract
In 2018 the Meghalaya expedition included a much anticipated return to Krem Puri for a 3rd season. The 2017 expedition had left over 100 open leads in this complex 2D ‘Maze’ cave formed in Cretaceous aged sandstone. At 12Km it looked like there was a good chance to enter the record books as the World’s longest cave formed in sandstone. The 2018 exploration exceeded expectations with a major ‘push’ doubling the length to 24Km, easily smashing the world record and finding 2 further entrances to the system. The more distant parts of the cave were found to generally comprise larger streamway canyon passages with a less maze-like character. The cave exploration is likely now more or less complete and the intriguing geology, speleogenesis and unique sandstone speleothems, some of which are new to science, are receiving closer attention from the international team involved.
More from 2018
Lecture|Mr Konstantinos Trimmis
“Darkographies”: A photo-history of the Katafygadi cave archaeological excavation in Kythera island, Greece
Lecture|Mr David Botcherby
What's the Point of Student Caving?
Lecture|Dr Rostam Namaghi
Mountain Eye: The finest TAG has to offer
Film|Mr Sid Perou
Hang Son Doong,- The Cave that Build a Village
Lecture|Miss Faye Litherland
Fun Facts about Fear!
Workshop|Mrs Paula Grgich Warke
Developing a SIG in Hydrology within BCRA
Lecture|Mr Keith Edwards
An Evening With Caver Keith
Lecture|Dr Andrew Farrant
Caving in the Chalk
Lecture|Mr Martyn Farr
Kefalonia
Lecture|Dr Frank Pearson
Northern Round-up