Lechuguilla Cave Bibliography

This Lechuguilla Cave bibliography is a regularly updated, enhanced version of the one we have included in the book Lechuguilla Cave: Discoveries in a Hidden Splendor. It contains the most relevant exploration reports and scientific studies about the cave and its general geological and speleogenetic setting. All the references include links to the respective online sources (via their DOI where applicable; books referred to the original publisher). In addition to the bibliography, we have added a brief Lechuguilla Filmography. If you know of references that you think should be included in these lists, please send me a message by e-mail or by using the contact form.

Bibliography

Allison S (1988): Breakthrough in the F survey of Lechuguilla. Rocky Mountain Caving, Winter: 16–17. info/download
Allured V (1988): Lechuguilla Cave: The dig. NSS News, July: 292–294. info/download
Armstrong A (2007): 120 miles in Lechuguilla Cave: A 2006 exploration summary. NSS News, April: 4–13. info/download
Austin D & Bristol D (2020): New discoveries in the West Branch of Lechuguilla Cave: The exploration of Zion. NSS News, November: 4–10. info/download
Barton HA (2006): Introduction to cave microbiology: A review for the non-specialist. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 68: 43–54. info/download
Barton HA (2015): Starving artists: Bacterial oligotrophic heterotrophy in caves. In Engel AS (Ed.) Microbial Life of Cave Systems. De Gruyter: 79–104. info/download
Barton HA (2020): Twenty-five years mapping the mazes of Lechuguilla Cave. NSS News, November: 17–23. info/download
Barton HA, Bristol D & Hunter J (2019): Higher Education, Lechuguilla Cave. Descent, 269: 23–31. info/download
Barton HA & Northup DE (2007): Geomicrobiology in cave environments: Past, current and future perspectives. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 69: 163–178. info/download
Bhullar K, Waglechner N, Pawlowski A, Koteva K, Banks ED, Johnston MD, Barton HA & Wright GD (2012): Antibiotic resistance is prevalent in an isolated cave microbiome. PLoS One, 7: e34953. info/download
Bishop S (1988): Cave Wilderness: Who needs it? NSS News, November: 433–434. info/download
Błachowicz T & Andreychouk V (2015): Quantitative estimation of 3D cave networks complexity using random walk analysis. Landform Analysis, 29: 91–99. info/download
Bolt P (1996): Lake of the White Roses expedition. NSS News, August: 211–212. info/download
Borer CH, Stiles WJ, Stevenson JC & Cabanillas KE (2014): Assessment of forward osmosis as a possible mitigation strategy for urine management during extended cave exploration. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 76: 26–29. info/download
Boston PJ (1999): A bit of peace and quiet: The microbes of Lechuguilla. NSS News, August: 237–238. info/download
Boston PJ, Todd P, van de Camp J, Northup D & Spilde M (2009): Mars simulation challenge experiments: Microorganisms from natural rock and cave communities. Gravitational and Space Biology, 22: 39–43. info/download
Bridges RA (1986): The breakthrough in Lechuguilla Cave. Rocky Mountain Caving, Summer: 39–45. info/download
Bridges RA (1987): Major discoveries in Lechuguilla Cave. NSS News, November: 368–369. info/download
Bridges RA (1988): The exploration of Lechuguilla Cave. NSS News, October: 372–376. info/download
Bristol D & Lyles J (2013): Lechuguilla Cave: The discovery of Oz. NSS News, May: 4–8. info/download
Bristol D & Wisshak M (2016): Neuland in Lechuguilla Cave. Descent, 251: 28–35. info/download
Brown R & Davis DG (1993): Current explorations in Lechuguilla Cave. Rocky Mountain Caving, Summer: 13–14. info/download
Bunnell D (1988): Discovery of the lakes in eastern Nirvana. NSS News, October: 385–386. info/download
Bunnell D (1996): Diving the lakes of Lechuguilla. NSS News, August: 206–210. info/download
Burger PA (2009): Structural and facies control of hypogenic karst development in the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, USA. NCKRI Symposium, 1: 60–70. info/download
Cahill T & Nichols M (1991): Charting the splendors of Lechuguilla Cave. National Geographic, 179: 34–59. info/download
Cunningham Kl, DuChene HR & Spirakis CS (1993): Elemental sulfur in caves of the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society, 44th Field Conference Guidebook: 129–136. info/download
Cunningham KI & LaRock EJ (1991): Recognition of microclimate zones through radon mapping, Lechuguilla Cave, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico. Health Physics, 61: 493–500. info/download
Cunningham KI, Northup DE, Pollastro RM, Wright WG & LaRock EJ (1995): Bacteria, fungi, and biokarst in Lechuguilla Cave, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico. Environmental Geology, 25: 2–8. info/download
Davis DG (1980): Cave development in the Guadalupe Mountains – a critical review of recent hypotheses. NSS Bulletin, 42: 42–48. info/download
Davis DG (1987): Revelations in Lechuguilla Cave. Rocky Mountain Caving, Autumn: 18–23. info/download
Davis DG (1988): The grand cavern of the Guadalupes: Lechuguilla’s mileage surpasses Carlsbad Cavern. Rocky Mountain Caving, Summer: 30–31. info/download
Davis DG (1988): The uniqueness of Lechuguilla Cave. NSS News, November: 426–430. info/download
Davis DG (1988): Echoes from Lechuguilla Cave. Rocky Mountain Caving, Winter: 14–15. info/download
Davis DG (1988): “Stalactoids” on pool linings in Lechuguilla Cave: More bizarre subaqueous speleothems? Rocky Mountain Caving, Winter: 15–16. info/download
Davis DG (1990): To the deepest ends: Lechuguilla passes another milestone. . Rocky Mountain Caving, Summer: 24–25, 30. info/download
Davis DG (1990): Autumn wanderings in Lechuguilla Cave. Rocky Mountain Caving, Autumn: 21–22, 30. info/download
Davis DG (1991): Lechuguilla Cave: The push northwest. Rocky Mountain Caving, Spring: 14–17. info/download
Davis DG (1991): Lechuguilla: The heliocentric expedition. Rocky Mountain Caving, Summer: 23–24. info/download
Davis DG (1993): Regarding “Würms” and rotated gypsum planes in Lechuguilla. Rocky Mountain Caving, Summer: 13, 19. info/download
Davis DG (1994): The South Winds of Lechuguilla. Rocky Mountain Caving, Spring: 12. info/download
Davis DG (1994): Lure of the South Wind: The April Lechuguilla breakaways. Rocky Mountain Caving, Summer: 11–12. info/download
Davis DG (1994): Lechuguilla: The Mother Lode. Rocky Mountain Caving, Autumn: 12–15. info/download
Davis DG (1995): The Magnolia Bayou and points beyond. Rocky Mountain Caving, Winter: 19–20. info/download
Davis DG (1995): The Southern Climes. Rocky Mountain Caving, Spring: 19–20. info/download
Davis DG (1999): Lechuguilla Cave: The second 50 miles. NSS News, August: 228–237. info/download
Davis DG (2000): Extraordinary features of Lechuguilla Cave, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 62: 147–157. info/download
Davis DG, Palmer MV & Palmer AN (1991): Extraordinary subaqueous speleothems in Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico. NSS Bulletin, 52: 70–86. info/download
Davis ST (1993): Lost in Lechuguilla. Georgia Underground, 30: 16–19. info/download
DeLano R (1988): The first descent of Apricot Pit. NSS News, October: 376–377. info/download
DeLano R (1988): The Lakes of Castrovalva. NSS News, October: 393–394. info/download
DeLano R & Davis DG (2015): Exploration of the World’s Most Beautiful Cave (Three eBook series: Elusive Majesty, The Mother Lode, The Firefall). BookBaby. [self-published]

DuChene HR (2000): Bedrock features of Lechuguilla Cave, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 62: 109–119. info/download

DuChene HR & Cunningham KI (2006): Tectonic influences on speleogenesis in the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico and Texas. New Mexico Geological Society, 57th Field Conference Guidebook: 211–218. info/download
DuChene HR & Martinez R (2000): Post-speleogenetic erosion and its effect on cave development in the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico and West Texas. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 62: 75–79. info/download
DuChene HR, Palmer AN, Palmer MV, Queen JM, Polyak VJ, Decker DD, Hill CA, Spilde M, Burger PA, Kirkland DW & Boston PJ (2017): Hypogene speleogenesis in the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico and Texas, USA. In Klimchouk A, Palmer AN, De Waele J, Auler AS & Audra P (Eds.) Hypogene Karst Regions and Caves of the World. Springer: 511–530. info/download
Duncan TR, Werner-Washburn M & Northup DE (2021): Diversity of siderophore-producing bacterial cultures from Carlsbad Caverns National Park caves, Carlsbad, New Mexico. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 83: 29–43. info/download
Engel AS (2010): Microbial diversity of cave ecosystems. In Barton LL, Mandl M & Loy A (Eds.) Geomicrobiology: Molecular and Environmental Perspective. Springer: 219–238. info/download
Engelhardt S, Bender KE, Vogel J, Duirk SE, Moore FB & Barton HA (2020): Urine volume reduction during long-duration cave exploration by a lightweight and portable forward osmosis system. International Journal of Speleology, 49: 229–234. info/download
Foos AM, Sasowsky ID, LaRock E & Kambesis P (2000): Detrital origin of sedimentary fill, Lechuguilla Cave, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico. Clays and Clay Minerals, 48: 693–698. info/download
Frank EF (1988): Cave history. NSS News, October: 378–379. info/download
Gan HY, Gan HM, Tarasco AM, Busairi NI, Barton HA, Hudson AO & Savka MA (2014): Whole-genome sequences of five oligotrophic bacteria isolated from deep within Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico. Genome Announcements, 2: e01133-14. info/download
Gan HM, Wengert PC, Barton HA, Hudson AO & Savka MA (2019): Draft genome sequences of five proteobacteria isolated from Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico, USA, and insights into taxonomy and quorum sensing. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 8: e00913-19. info/download
Glaser R (1986): Ecstasy in the Guads. Rocky Mountain Caving, Summer: 45–47. info/download
Hecker M & Davis DG (1992): Here Be Dragons: New explorations in Lechuguilla Cave. Rocky Mountain Caving, Autumn: 15–18. info/download
Hill CA (1987): Geology of Carlsbad Cavern and other caves in the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico and Texas. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Bulletin, 117: 150 p. info/download
Hill CA (1993): Sulfide/barite/fluorite mineral deposits, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico and West Texas. New Mexico Geology, 15: 56–65. info/download
Hill CA (1996): Geology of the Delaware Basin: Guadalupe, Apache and Glass Mountains, New Mexico and West Texas. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists: 480 p. info/download
Hill CA (2000): Overview of the geologic history of cave development in the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 62: 60–71. info/download
Hill CA (2000): Sulfuric acid, hypogene karst in the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico and West Texas, U.S.A. In Klimchouk AB, Ford DC, Palmer AN & Dreybrodt W (Eds.) Speleogenesis. National Speleological Society: 309–316. info/download
Hill CA, DuChene HR, Hose LD & Pisarowicz JA (2000): The Caves of the Guadalupe Mountains. National Speleological Society: 103 p. info/download
Hill CA & Forti P (1997): Cave Minerals of the World (second edition). National Speleological Society: 463 p. info/download
Hose LD (1992): To Lechuguillian depths: British team gains new United States depth record. Rocky Mountain Caving, Summer: 15–18. info/download

Jablonsky PL (1994): Pollen analysis of three samples from Lechuguilla Cave, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy County, New Mexico. National Park Service, unpublished report, on file at CAVE.
Jablonsky PL (1996): Lechuguilla Cave – Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Chiroptera Project 1991–1996 faunal list. National Park Service, unpublished report, on file at CAVE.
Jablonsky PL (2004): Chiropteran studies, Lechuguilla Cave, Carlsbad Caverns National Park. National Park Service, unpublished report, on file at CAVE.

Jagnow DH (1988): The geology of Lechuguilla Cave. NSS News, November: 422–425. info/download
Jagnow DH (1989): The geology of Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico. In Harris PM & Grover GA (Eds.) Subsurface and Outcrop Examination of the Capitan Shelf Margin, Northern Delaware Basin. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Core Workshop, 13: 459–466. info/download
Jagnow DH, Hill CA, Davis DG, DuChene HR, Cunningham KI, Northup DE & Queen JM (2000): History of sulfuric acid theory of speleogenesis in the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 62: 54–59. info/download
Johnston MD, Muench BA, Banks ED & Barton HA (2012): Human urine in Lechuguilla Cave: The microbiological impact and potential for bioremediation. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 74: 278–291. info/download
Jones DM (1990): The origin and implications of directional aragonite growth in Lechuguilla Cave. NSS News, August: 196–198. info/download
Klimchouk A (2007): Hypogene Speleogenesis: Hydrological and Morphological Perspective. National Cave and Karst Research Institute, Special Paper, 1: 106 p. info/download
Kottkamp S, Santucci VL, Tweet JS, Horrocks RD, Lynch E & Morgan GS (2020): Carlsbad Caverns National Park: Paleontological resource inventory (public version). National Park Service, Natural Resource Report NPS/CAVE/NRR-2020/2148: 171 p. info/download
Kambesis P (1987): The August Lechuguilla Cave expedition. Rocky Mountain Caving, Autumn: 17–18. info/download
Kambesis P (1988): Discovery of the Chandelier Ballroom and the Prickly Ice Cube Room. NSS News, October: 386–388. info/download
Kambesis P (1988): The Chandelier Graveyard discovery. NSS News, October: 393. info/download
Kambesis P (1988): Pushing the depths of the Guads. NSS News, October: 394–399. info/download
Kambesis P (1989): Extending the limits – a major breakthrough in Lechuguilla Cave. NSS News, December: 300–305. info/download
Kambesis P (1993): Where’s Steve? Part II, Lost in Lechuguilla. Georgia Underground, 30: 20–21. info/download
Kambesis P (2007): The importance of cave exploration to scientific research. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 69: 46–58. info/download
Kambesis P (2019): Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico. In White WB, Culver DC & Pipan T (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Caves. Elsevier: 642–651. info/download
Kambesis P & Bridges RA (1988): Survey methods and standards used by the Lechuguilla Cave Project. NSS News, October: 400–401. info/download
Kerbo R (1988): Cave Wilderness at Carlsbad Caverns National Park. NSS News, November: 432–433. info/download
Kues BS & DuChene HR (1990): The largest late Paleozoic bellerophontid gastropod. Journal of Paleontology, 64: 478–479. info/download
Kumar HK, Gan HM, Tan MH, Eng WW, Barton HA, Hudson AO & Savka MA (2017): Genomic characterization of eight Ensifer strains isolated from pristine caves and a whole genome phylogeny of Ensifer (Sinorhizobium). Journal of Genomics, 5: 12–15. info/download
LaForge D (1995): Minerals and geology of the Red Seas area. NSS News, January: 10–12. info/download
Land L & Burger P (2008): Rapid recharge events in a karstic aquifer: An example from Lake of the White Roses, Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico. In Yuhr LB, Alexander Jr. EX & Beck BF (Eds.) Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst. American Society of Civil Engineers: 396–403. info/download
Lane B (1988): Vertical adventures in Lechuguilla Cave. NSS News, October: 377–378. info/download
Lane B (1988): Apricot Pit revisited. NSS News, October: 380–381. info/download
Lappin T (1988): Finding the Gulf of California. NSS News, October: 383–385. info/download
Levy DB (2007): Oxidation-reduction chemistry of Lechuguilla Cave seepage. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 69: 351–358. info/download
Levy DB (2007): Geochemical trends in selected Lechuguilla Cave pools. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 69: 342–350. info/download
Levy DB (2008): An investigation of meromixis in cave pools, -> info/downloadLechuguilla Cave, New Mexico. International Journal of Speleology, 37: 113–118. info/download
Levy DB & Amrhein C (2011): Geochemical evolution of hypersaline cave pools, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico. Chemical Geology, 290: 60–66. info/download
Lyles JTM & Davis DG (2016): A brief history of exploration in Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico, USA. Boletín Geológico y Minero, 127: 111–129. info/download
McClurg D (1988): Reasons why cavers should support Wilderness of Lechuguilla Cave. NSS News, November: 435. info/download
Melim LA, Northup DE, Boston PJ & Spilde MN (2016): Preservation of fossil microbes and biofilm in cave pool carbonates and comparison to other microbial carbonate environments. Palaios, 31: 177–189. info/download
Nelson P (1996): The cave that holds clues to life on Mars. National Wildlife, 34: 36–42. info/download
Northup DE (2002): Geomicrobiology of Caves. Unpublished dissertation, The University of New Mexico: 164 p.

Northup DE, Barns SM, Yu LE, Spilde MN, Schelble RT, Dano KE, Crossey LJ, Connolly CA, Boston PJ, Natvig DO & Dahm CN (2003): Diverse microbial communities inhabiting ferromanganese deposits in Lechuguilla and Spider Caves. Environmental Microbiology, 5: 1071–1086. info/download
Northup DE, Beck KM & Mallory LM (1997): Human impact on the microbial communities of Lechuguilla Cave: Is protection possible during active exploration? Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 59: 166. info/download
Northup DE, Carr DL, Crocker MT, Cunningham KI, Hawkins LK, Leonard P & Welbourn WJ (1994): Biological investigations in Lechuguilla Cave. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 56: 54–63. info/download
Northup DE, Carr DL, Hawkins LK, Leonard P & Welbourn WC (1992): Lechuguilla Cave Biological Inventory. National Park Service, unpublished research report: 161 p.

Northup DE, Dahm CN, Melim LA, Spilde MN, Crossey LJ, Lavoie KH, Mallory LM, Boston PJ, Cunningham KI & Barns SM (2000): Evidence for geomicrobiological interactions in Guadalupe caves. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 62: 80–90. info/download
Palmer AN (2006): Support for a sulfuric acid origin for caves in the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society, 57th Field Conference Guidebook: 195–202. info/download
Palmer AN (2021): Cave Geology (fifth edition). Cave Books: 454 p. info/download
Palmer MV & Palmer AN (2012): Petrographic and isotopic evidence for late-stage processes in sulfuric acid caves of the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, USA. International Journal of Speleology, 41: 231–250. info/download
Palmer AN & Palmer MV (2000): Hydrochemical interpretation of cave patterns in the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 62: 91–108. info/download
Palmer AN, Palmer MV, Queen JM, DuChene HR & Cunningham KI (2009): The Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico – Texas. In Palmer AN & Palmer MV (Eds.) Caves and Karst of the USA. National Speleological Society: 272–285. info/download
Patterson J (1985): Digging in New Mexico’s Lechuguilla Cave. Rocky Mountain Caving, Winter: 10–11. info/download
Pawlowski AC, Wang W, Koteva K, Barton HA, McArthur AG & Wright GD (2016): A diverse intrinsic antibiotic resistome from a cave bacterium. Nature Communications, 7: 13803. info/download
Petrie G (1991): The rescue of Emily Davis Mobley. Rocky Mountain News, Spring: 15, 22. info/download
Polyak VJ & Güven N (1996): Alunite, natroalunite and hydrated halloysite in Carlsbad Cavern and Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico. Clays and Minerals, 44: 843–850. info/download
Polyak VJ & Güven N (2000): Clays in caves of the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 62: 120–126. info/download
Polyak VJ & Güven N (2004): Silicates in carbonate speleothems, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, USA. In Sasowsky ID & Mylroie J (Eds.) Studies of Cave Sediments: Physical and Chemical Records of Paleoclimate. Springer: 303–311. info/download
Polyak VJ, McIntosh WC, Güven N & Provencio P (1998): Age and origin of Carlsbad Cavern and related caves from 40Ar/39Ar of alunite. Science, 279: 1919–1922. info/download
Polyak VJ & Provencio P (2000): Summary of the timing of sulfuric-acid speleogenesis for Guadalupe caves based on ages of alunite. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 62: 72–74. info/download
Polyak VJ & Provencio P (2001): By-product materials related to H2S-H2SO4-influenced speleogenesis of Carlsbad, Lechuguilla, and other caves of the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 63: 23–32. info/download
Provencio P & Polyak VJ (2001): Iron oxide-rich filaments: Possible fossil bacteria in Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico. Geomicrobiology Journal, 18: 297–309. info/download
Queen JM (1994): Influence of thermal atmospheric convection on the nature and distribution of microbiota in cave environments. In Sasowsky ID & Palmer MV (Eds.) Breakthroughs in Karst Geomicrobiology and Redox Geochemistry. Karst Waters Institute, Special Publication, 1: 62–64. info/download
Queen JM (1994): Speleogenesis in the Guadalupes: The unsettled question of the role of mixing: Phreatic or vadose sulfide oxidation? In Sasowsky ID & Palmer MV (Eds.) Breakthroughs in Karst Geomicrobiology and Redox Geochemistry. Karst Waters Institute, Special Publication, 1: 64–65. info/download
Queen JM (2009): Geologic setting, structure, tectonic history, and paleokarst as factors in speleogenesis in the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico and Texas, USA. In White WB (Ed.) Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Speleology, Kerrville, Texas. International Union of Speleology: 952–957. info/download
Queen JM (2009): Pre-drainage development of the caves of the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico and Texas, USA. In White WB (Ed.) Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Speleology, Kerrville, Texas. International Union of Speleology: 958–963. info/download
Queen JM (2009): Post-drainage evolution of the caves of the Guadalupe Mountains, southeastern New Mexico and West Texas, USA. In White WB (Ed.) Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Speleology, Kerrville, Texas. International Union of Speleology: 964–970. info/download
Queen JM & Melim LA (2006): Biothems: Biologically influenced speleothems in caves of the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, USA. New Mexico Geological Society, 57th Field Conference Guidebook: 167–174. info/download
Reames S, Fish L, Burger P & Kambesis P (1999): Deep Secrets: The Discovery and Exploration of Lechuguilla Cave. Cave Books: 381 p. info/download
Rhinehart R (1986): The underground hurricane: Digging in Lechuguilla Cave. Rocky Mountain Caving, Summer: 38–39. info/download
Rosbrook M (1997): Beyond the Menagerie: Lechuguilla’s new northwestern discoveries. Rocky Mountain Caving, Summer: 11–12. info/download
Seiser PE (2003): Dark Wilderness: A Phenomenological Exploration of the Idea of Cave Wilderness. Unpublished dissertation, West Virginia University: 311 p.

Seiser PE & Schuett MA (2006): Defining the concept of Cave Wilderness and its designated values. International Journal of Wilderness, 12: 8–16. info/download
Sims S (1988): Lechuguilla: Opening up again? Rocky Mountain Caving, Summer: 32. info/download
Sims S (1988): Pellucidar – the enchanted room. NSS News, October: 379–380. info/download
Sims S (1988): Above and beyond – Mouse’s Delight area. NSS News, October: 388–392. info/download
Smith R (1988): Cave Wilderness and Lechuguilla: A Park Service viewpoint. NSS News, November: 431–432. info/download
Spilde MN, Northup DE, Boston PJ, Schelble RT, Dano KE, Crossey LJ & Dahm CN (2005): Geomicrobiology of cave ferromanganese deposits: A field and laboratory investigation. Geomicrobiology Journal, 22: 99–116. info/download
Spirakis C & Cunningham KI (1992): Genesis of sulfur deposits in Lechuguilla Cave, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico. In Wessel GR & Wimberly BR (Eds.) Native Sulfur: Developments in Geology and Exploration. Society of Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration: 139–145. info/download
Stock G, Despain J, LaForge D & Fedderly K (1995): Following the flowstone: Discoveries of the March 1993 expedition in Lechuguilla Cave. NSS News, January: 6–9. info/download
Turin HJ & Plummer MA (2000): Lechuguilla Cave pool chemistry, 1986–1999. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 62: 135–143. info/download
Turin HJ, Plummer MA & Phillips FM (2022): Tritium, chlorine-36, and water isotopologue profiles from Lechuguilla Cave and Carlsbad Cavern, New Mexico, USA. Applied Geochemistry, 138: 105212. info/download
Vesely C (1988): Discovery of the Western Borehole. NSS News, October: 381–383. info/download
Vinyard R (1988): Life inside the snowball: The March 1988 Lechuguilla expedition. NSS News, November: 416–419. info/download
Widmer U (Ed.) (1998): Lechuguilla: Jewel of the Underground (second edition). Speleo Projects: 164 p. info/download
Wisshak M (2008): Inside Mother Earth. Edition Reuss: 152 p. info/download [and available here through the speleo-editions webshop]
Wisshak M (2020): Lech: 150. Descent, 277: 40–42. info/download
Wisshak M (2020): 150 Miles in Lechuguilla Cave. NSS News, November: 21–23. info/download
Wisshak M & Lyles J (2018): Mopping up South Winds and Southern Climes (Lechuguilla Cave). NSS News, January: 10–19. info/download
Wisshak M, Barton HA, Bender K & DuChene HR (2020): Active growth of non-hydrothermal subaqueous and subaerial barite (BaSO4) speleothems in Lechuguilla Cave (New Mexico, USA). International Journal of Speleology, 49: 11–26. info/download

Filmography

1989: Lechuguilla Cave: The Hidden Giant – filmed by the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, premiered on KRMA-TV, and released on VHS. info
1992: Mysteries Underground – produced by the National Geographic Society, and released on VHS and DVD. info
2006: Planet Earth, Episode 4 titled Caves – narrated by David Attenborough, produce by the BBC Natural History Unit, premiered on BBC one and BBC HD, and released on DVD and BD. info
2018: One Strange Rock, Episode 4 titled Genesis – narrated by Will Smith, produced by Nutopia with Darren Aronofsky, premiered on National Geographic, and released on DVD and BD. info

(last update July 2022)