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A depression in the ground due to cave collapse or acidic water dissolution of limestone is called a?
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∙ 9y ago
A sinkhole is the term used to describe a depression in the ground caused by a cave collapse. It can also be the result of acidic water dissolving limestone.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoSinkhole is the depression in the ground caused by collapse of a cave or by direct dissolution of limestone by acid water.
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What type of bedrock would you expect to find in a region with caves and sinkholes?
Limestone or dolostone, most likely, because of its chemical reactivity and dissolution by naturally acidic rainwater and groundwater.
What forms when limestone found in the earth has been eatin away?
When limestone is eaten away, it forms various features such as sinkholes, caves, and underground tunnels. This process occurs due to the dissolution of the limestone by acidic groundwater. The result is the creation of unique and sometimes expansive underground landscapes.
What causes weathering on marble and limestone?
acid rain causes the marbel statues to arode
Why does rainwater weather away limestone buildings?
Because rainwater is mildly acidic. Acid in the rainwater dissolves the limestone.
What type of rock do karst form in?
it is formed by carbonate rock and slightyly acidic water
How can a limestone cave be formed?
From dissolution and erosion of limestone by acidic water over time.
What will happen to limestone if acidic water flows across it?
If limestone is exhausted by dissolution and acidic neutralization, then more limestone can be added to the pond over the seep.
How is limestone cave in Aruba formed?
Same way as any limestone cave: dissolution of the rock by weakly acidic water flwoing through fractures and other discontinuities.
How does underground water cause chemical weathering of limestone?
Rainfall that seeps through cracks in the bedrock is slightly acidic. The acid reacts with the calcium carbonate in the limestone, causing dissolution of the rock.
Why is water acidic when it reaches a limestone?
it the limestone is acidic
How is limestone formed in caves?
Limestone is formed in caves through a process called cave formation or speleogenesis. This occurs when water containing dissolved minerals, like calcium carbonate, seeps through cracks in the rock and evaporates, leaving behind deposits of limestone. Over time, these deposits can accumulate to form intricate cave structures.
Why is water acidic when it reaches a limestone layer?
it the limestone is acidic
How was waitomo caves made?
From god. +++ The question is "how", not "by whom"! They are still active, carrying a stream, so are still-developing karst caves in limestone, i.e. formed by dissolution of their host limestone by weakly-acidic water.
What type of bedrock would you expect to find in a region with caves and sinkholes?
Limestone or dolostone, most likely, because of its chemical reactivity and dissolution by naturally acidic rainwater and groundwater.
What effect does acid rain have on buildings made from limestone?
Naturally occurring acidic rainfall, and rainfall enhanced by certain man made pollutants, causes a chemical reaction with the calcium carbonate from which limestone is composed. The result is a gradual dissolution of the rock.
What forms when limestone found in the earth has been eatin away?
When limestone is eaten away, it forms various features such as sinkholes, caves, and underground tunnels. This process occurs due to the dissolution of the limestone by acidic groundwater. The result is the creation of unique and sometimes expansive underground landscapes.
What type of chemical weathering is most evident in the US caves?
Same as in any caves of the same types anywhere in the world, which in karst caves is dissolution of the host limestone by weakly-acidic ground-water.
