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| The MCKC Digest, Winter 2002
Front cover: Don Rimbach helps to define a pillar of bedrock in Keeslar Cave of Greene County in the mid-1960s. Photo by Robert L. Taylor Back cover: The vast opening to Smallin Cave of Christian County. The same subject graced the cover of J Harlen Bretz’s Caves of Missouri. Photo by Jonathan B. Beard |
- In the fifth installment of his Karst Features of Missouri series, James Vandike is joined by the editor in writing a feature article on the Karst of the Springfield Plateau that describes the major karst features of that region. For the purposes of this series, the Springfield Plateau is defined as the caves within Mississippian-age rocks of southwest Missouri. The karst features in those rocks in central Missouri will be covered in a future issue.
The major karst features of the Springfield Plateau are not limited to the larger caves, but are also represented by significant sinkhole plains, losing streams and many springs.