AA CAVE, Lumshnong 4 (Lindenmayr)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A tapped stream of water (note 1) disappears (note 2) in a uncomfortable cave entrance (apparently about 1 m large) which gives access to a tectonically controlled fault cave with a relatively short passage length and absolutely unidentified dimensions and orientation. The accessible part of the cave contained in January 2015 what looks like partly buried boulders covered with residual mud, sand or soil and led to an impenetrable continuation with slickensides in a fault crevice (upthrust east) blocked by angular fragments of rock (Lindenmayr F 2015:01:29 12:32:07 P1170682.JPG). ETYMOLOGY: No autochthonous, indigenous or locally known name has been identified for cave4 (Lindenmayr F 2015 s.a. Mss JUD). SITUATION: Unknown (Lindenmayr F 2015 s.a. Mss JUD) but probably in an unspecified setting at an unidentified location somewhere in the vicinity of the village of Wahiajer (25°11'40”N: 92°22'50”E) and the JUD Cements Ltd. (25°11'37”N: 92°22'48.5”E). CAVE DESCRIPTION: It would bea pity to simply ignore this hole (note 3) and a selection of visible aspects of the interior design of cave4 once were (accessed 2015.05.19) or still are shown on the photographs cave4_1.JPG through to cave4_10.JPG uploaded by Lindenmayr on his website (note 4). Keywords: Breccia; fault cave; fault crevice; slickensides.CAVE POTENTIAL: Both potential and relevance of this tectonically controlled sink has not yet been discovered (note 5). One photograph (Lindenmayr 2015.01.09 09:40:12 cave4_8.JPG) shows threads of larval fungus gnats which generally indicate a constantly moist cave climate throughout the year and thereby either a lack of airflow or, in cases, an air current fed by relatively extensive cave passages. CAVE LIFE: Judging from digital photographs, which Franz Lindenmayr uploaded onto his website, this cave accommodated on 9th January 2015 not only a snail (cave4_10.JPG) and a well-dressed a pre-adult (juvenile) male Heteropoda spider (cave4_9.JPG) sporting striped legginsbut also fungus gnats (Diptera: conf. Mycetophilidae) in a larval stage (cave4_8.JPG).a pity to simply ignore this hole (note 3) and a selection of visible aspects of the interior design of cave4 once were (accessed 2015.05.19) or still are shown on the photographs cave4_1.JPG through to cave4_10.JPG uploaded by Lindenmayr on his website (note 4). Keywords: Breccia; fault cave; fault crevice; slickensides.CAVE POTENTIAL: Both potential and relevance of this tectonically controlled sink has not yet been discovered (note 5). One photograph (Lindenmayr 2015.01.09 09:40:12 cave4_8.JPG) shows threads of larval fungus gnats which generally indicate a constantly moist cave climate throughout the year and thereby either a lack of airflow or, in cases, an air current fed by relatively extensive cave passages. CAVE LIFE: Judging from digital photographs, which Franz Lindenmayr uploaded onto his website, this cave accommodated on 9th January 2015 not only a snail (cave4_10.JPG) and a well-dressed a pre-adult (juvenile) male Heteropoda spider (cave4_9.JPG) sporting striped legginsbut also fungus gnats (Diptera: conf. Mycetophilidae) in a larval stage (cave4_8.JPG).