Cave sediments in the Lime Creek area of Eagle Country, Colorado were classified by composition and texture and were plotted on detailed maps of cave geomorphology. These maps were used to relate cave sediments to surface deposits and to assemble a depositional history of the caves.
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Burger, P.A. (2007). Glacially-Influenced Sediment Cycles In He Lime Creek Karst, Eagle County, Colorado. In: Sasowsky, I.D., Mylroie, J. (eds) Studies of Cave Sediments. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5766-3_7
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