Future Plans

My plans for the future of this project include:

• Concentrate on the following caves as case studies:
  • Wombeyan: Sigma Cave
  • Bungonia: Flying Fortress Cave
  • Jenolan Caves: Wiburds Lake Cave and Contact Cave
  • Walli Caves: Piano Cave
• Obtain cave maps or survey and draw them as required
• Obtain samples of aragonite, matrix and bedrock
• Analyse precipitating fluids associated with aragonite deposits.
• Attend course in X-ray analysis, SEM and sample preparation
• Analyse samples for aragonite and trace elements
• Measure temperature, CO₂ and humidity in the caves to see if there is any correlation with the presence of aragonite.
• Study thin sections of bedrock and matrix (in prep.)
• Carbon - Oxygen isotope analysis will also need to be done.
• It has been suggested that I should also look for possible evidence of microbial activity associated with aragonite.