MANASBAL (Waltham 1971) (Cave at)
34.247200,74.677800
Description
»At Manasbal, north of Srinagar [note 1], the limestone cliff overlooking the lake contains a single small cave - a narrow rift passage leads to a pitch down into a small chamber on a cross joint, barely beyond the reach of daylight; again it is a fossil phreatic cave [note 2]« (WALTHAM 1971b: 25). Compare the –>Fakir's Garden Cave, Manasbal (GERVIS 1954) and the cave at –>Manasbal (Senior & Co), which shows not a rift but a circular, tube-shaped entrance.
NOTE 1: Manasbal Lake, near N34°14'50”: E74°40' (nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003) lies at a linear distance of 20 km north-west of Srinagar town. NOTE 2: Since the cave is not entirely infilled with younger, neptunian rocks, WALTHAM (1971b: 25) intended to report not a fossil but a relic cave. A fossil cave is an underground cavity that formed when a carbonate succession was undergoing karstification but subsequently was buried and infilled by neptunian deposits: Younger sediment or sedimentary rock that infills pre-existing cavities, such as grikes, dolines or cave passages, in older rocks (LOWE & WALTHAM 1995: 25). A relic cave is an abandoned, inactive cave segment, left when the water that formed it is diverted elsewhere, normally due to rejuvenation, continuing cave development and increasing karstic maturity. Relic phreatic passage segments are abandoned in the vadose zone, where they may remain dry, retaining a typical phreatic morphology, or be invaded and modified to a keyhole profile by new streams (LOWE & WALTHAM 1995: 30).
Cavités proche
| Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | FAKIR'S GARDEN CAVE, Manasbal | ||
| 5.6 | KHIR BHAWANI SPRING | ||
| 19.7 | DANISHAWAR CAVE, Erin Valley | ||
| 20.4 | BURZAHOM PITS | ||
| 20.8 | TOOMOO CRATER | ||
| 23.0 | IMSELVARA CAVE | ||
| 23.1 | SOORAPRA CRATER | ||
| 23.1 | WANGAT MINES, Kangan | ||
| 25.8 | HARAMUKH SINKHOLES AND SWALLETS |