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SPELEOTHEMS: Stalactites, stalactites, curtains (draperies in US caving), straws (fine tubular stalactites - 'soda straws' in US), flowstone, gour pools (I think 'rimstone' pools, ditto), cave pearls, helictites (aka 'erratics' but rather unwisely because that is already a definite geological term for a boulder left far from source by a glacier.
They are all of calcite, crystalline calcium carbonate.
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Why caverns form in the zone of saturation while dripstone features form in the zone of aeration?
u know just cause
How are carbonic acid caverns and dripstone related?
carbonic acid dissolves rock to form cavens, and dripstone is dissolved clcium corbonate in thr form of stalagmites/stalagtites
What is the composition of dripstone formations?
iron oxide
Three features found in a cave?
Pillars, stallactite and stallagmites.
Is a cave a primary land form of a secondary land form?
primary
How does dripstone form?
How does dripstone form
Why caverns form in the zone of saturation while dripstone features form in the zone of aeration?
u know just cause
How does dripstone column form?
A dripstone column forms when a stalactite and and a stalagmite join together.
How does a dripstone column form?
A dripstone column forms when a stalactite and and a stalagmite join together.
How are carbonic acid caverns and dripstone related?
carbonic acid dissolves rock to form cavens, and dripstone is dissolved clcium corbonate in thr form of stalagmites/stalagtites
How do dripstone columns form?
They form when water seeps through cracks in the cavern
What is the name of the sharp icicle-shaped features that form on cave ceilings?
Hanging down from the cave roof are stalactites.
What are sharp icicle shaped features that form on cave ceilings?
They are called stalagtites.
How would these features form A sea stack B sea headland C cliff D sea arch E sea cave?
The features sea stack, sea headland, cliff, sea arch, and sea cave all form from continuous wave erosion over a long period.
What is the composition of dripstone formations?
iron oxide
What kind of limestone is found in dripstone formations?
travertine
What are dripstone columns?
thingys that stalacmites and stalactites are joined
