EuroSpeleo 2016
The Fuchslabyrinth Maze - a speleogenetic obstacle?
Oral|Mr Michael Ross
Abstract
The "Fuchslabyrinth" is a maze of 11 km of passages, located near Rothenburg ob der Tauber in southwestern Germany, in triassic limestone strata. The cave’s ceiling is covered by a layer of minimal permeability, therefore a very dry cave with minimal amount of formations evolved.
In contrast to the prevailing dense maze pattern of clay-filled fossil passages, an underlying active stream passage shows completely different and rather traditional, features.
After a brief introduction to the cave’s hydrological environment, the talk summarizes 40 years of exploration.
Centerpiece of the talk is a description of morphology and cave contents, leading to ideas about the speleogenesis of this unique cave system.
This includes a discussion about whether the maze pattern and underlying water passage are speleo-genetically separate caves.
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