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Australian Caves and Karst Systems

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The Southeastern Highlands in eastern Victoria contain several outcrops of Late Silurian - Early Devonian limestone, the largest of which, at Buchan, contains over 700 caves and karst-related features. The topographically higher vertical caves developed along joints and sometimes form mazes; the topographically lower subhorizontal systems often run parallel to the strike of the limestone. Cave development has occurred over millions of years; the caves could have begun to form as much as 90 million years ago, and the topographically higher caves were drained by 2–3 million years ago and have been open ever since.

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Webb, J.A. (2023). Eastern Victoria. In: Webb, J., White, S., Smith, G.K. (eds) Australian Caves and Karst Systems. Cave and Karst Systems of the World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24267-0_5

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