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The ground-water is a solution of calcium carbonate it has dissolved from the limestone above the cave. The mineral is subsequently precipitated as deposits of calcite in the cave: stalatcties & stalagmites, and flowstone on the floor and walls.
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How does the floor of a limestone cave form?
I'm not really sure what you had in mind. Given that the cave is in limestone (as the vast majority of them are) there has to be a dimensional limit to the dissolution and erosion processes. The floor is there by default: it is the lowest surface along a passage at that given time in the cave's development.
Stalactites and stalagmites consist of deposits of?
silica. +++ Wrong. They are of the mineral Calcite: crystalline calcium carbonate derived from the limestone above the cave.
Can the floor of a cave be made out of different material from the rest of the cave?
In theory yes, if the caves' formative stream cuts down to the insouble basement under the limestone. The visible floor ofa cave is often not the host rock, but sediments, boulders, etc covering the true floor.
How can groundwater create a cave?
wind
What is titan cave made of?
Limestone
A limestone deposit rising from the floor in a cave?
Mineral deposits which develop upwards from a cave floor are known as stagmites. Deposits which form from the ceiling are stalactites.
Groundwater continues to affect the ... rock that form a cave.?
Limestone
Opening formed when acid groundwater dissolves limestone?
a cave
What is the opening formed when acid groundwater dissolves limestone called?
A cave?
How do groundwater erosion and deposition produce a limestone cave?
stalactite and stalagmite
What is the opening formed when acid groundwater dissloves limestone?
A cave or sinkhole.
Groundwater drips through cracks in the roof and deposits limestone over time?
In a cave? Yes, almost - it's actually the calcium carbonate, the main constituent of limetsone, that is dissolved by the ground-water then precipitated as calcite to form stalactites and stalagmites, and similar deposits.
Deposits that build up from the floor of a cave?
Stalagmites
How does the floor of a limestone cave form?
I'm not really sure what you had in mind. Given that the cave is in limestone (as the vast majority of them are) there has to be a dimensional limit to the dissolution and erosion processes. The floor is there by default: it is the lowest surface along a passage at that given time in the cave's development.
What happens when abundant groundwater percolates through limestone?
It causes dissolution which initially creates vesicles within the limestone and may ultimately result in the formation of cave systems.
How are roof cave and floor cave deposits similar?
They are formed by the deposit of minerals. They are left behind by evaporation.
Is it true stalactites are deposits hanging from cave roofs caused by dripping groundwater?
Maybe it is true. Well I think it is true.
