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Caverns are formed when rain, run-off, or surface water mixes with the topsoil, then Carbon acid and Carbon Dioxide mix with the soil where plants grow, making an acid so powerful that it eats away at the limestone that is underground; making cracks. Over millions of years, this process makes caves, which also concludes that caves are made up of lots of other caves.
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∙ 11y agoThe majority of caves are in limestone.
Acidic ground water (rain-water that has absorbed atmospheric carbon dioxide to form carbonic acid) dissolving the limestone as it flows through the joints & other discontinuities in the rock mass.
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Caves and caverns are formed in carbonate rocks by?
The reaction of carbonic acid in rain and groundwater with the carbonate rock.
What can produce sinkholes cavern and formations?
Sinkholes and caverns are formed from carbolic acid. This carbolic acid dissolves rock which creates the spaces that form the sinkholes and caverns. The carbolic acid is created when carbon dioxide dissolves in water.
How were the Carlsbad Caverns formed?
Carslbad Cavern occurs in limestone that formed from a reef that thrived in a long gone ancient sea. The caves formed when acidic groundwater in cracks in the rock dissolved the surrounding limestone. +++ Another contributor on this site asked the same question and was told it was formed by acid solutions rising from below, like Lechuguilla - technically called a "hypogean" cave. I'd always thought Carslbad Caverns are a "conventional" karst cave, as you describe.
How is it possible for weathering to take place beneath bedrock?
The potholes and caverns formed in limestone by water seeping through limestone bedrock is an example of such weathering.
What are caverns made of?
Air. A cavern is a void. :-) Most caves are in limestone and formed by the rock's calcium carbonate (its main constituent) being dissolved away by rainwater acidified by absorbed by atmospheric carbon-dioxide.
What formed Carlsbad Caverns?
water
What is formed by the dissolution of limestone?
caverns, sinkholes, etc.
How were the Florida cavern formed?
The Florida Caverns are limestone caves and were formed by rain water dissolving the limestone.
What causes caverns?
Caverns are typically formed through a process known as karstification, where groundwater dissolves soluble rocks like limestone and carbonate rocks over time. This dissolution, along with other factors such as erosion and tectonic forces, can create underground cavities and passageways that eventually turn into caverns.
What are the caverns that rough water crashes into?
Sea caves (formed in cliffs by wave action)?
Caves and caverns are formed in carbonate rocks by?
The reaction of carbonic acid in rain and groundwater with the carbonate rock.
Do most caverns form above the water table?
No, most caverns form below the water table. Caverns are typically formed by the dissolution of underground limestone or other soluble rocks by water, and this process usually occurs below the water table where the rocks are saturated with water.
What cuvses caves caverns and sink holes?
Caves, caverns, and sinkholes are typically formed by the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, or gypsum by water. Over time, water erodes and dissolves the rock, creating underground cavities and passages. Eventually, these cavities can collapse or become exposed at the surface, forming caves, caverns, and sinkholes.
What is an agaric mineral?
An agaric mineral is a light, chalky deposit of calcium carbonate formed in caverns or fissures of limestone.
What can produce sinkholes cavern and formations?
Sinkholes and caverns are formed from carbolic acid. This carbolic acid dissolves rock which creates the spaces that form the sinkholes and caverns. The carbolic acid is created when carbon dioxide dissolves in water.
How was the Bluespring Caverns formed?
Bluespring Caverns, located in Indiana, was formed through a combination of natural geological processes. The caverns were created by water dissolving the limestone bedrock over thousands of years, resulting in the formation of underground passageways and chambers. The constant flow of water continues to shape and modify the caverns to this day.
How is moaning caverns formed?
It's a normal karst cave, but I think (from memory) in marble rather than unaltered limestone.
