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Liquid mud drips from a more elevated point onto one spot and hardens. this is repeated many times until a mound or stalagmite is formed.
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How do mud cracks form?
they form by the air getting hotter and the water in the mud evaperates
How does mud form in a river?
It's very simple: soil + water = mud
Where in caves do you find calcite?
Precipitated as stalactites, stalagmites etc - and it is the primary constituent of the limestone in which the vast majority of caves form!
How are mud pots formed?
mud pots are form from the weathering of the country rock by hot highly acidic water. The rock is altered often to clay minerals that block the plumbing of the system causing a mud pot composed of alteration products to form.
What kind of rock will form due to lithification of mud?
Mudstone, siltstone, and shale.
Is this statement correct Stalagmites form on the ceiling of a cavern?
No, it is stalactites that form on the ceilings. Stalagmites form on the cavern floors.
How do stalactites and stalagmites form?
Stalagmites form when water from the stalactite drips down water and that water has minerals in it
Is stalagmites and stalactites are made of hardened mud?
No, they are made from minerals leached out of the earth by water.
What compounds form stalactites and stalagmites and stalagmites?
Calcium Carbonate
What do stalactites and stalagmites join to form?
When stalactites and stalagmites join it is called a column
Where do stalactites and stalagmites form in caves?
Stalac"tites", top, or on the roof of the cave. Stalagmites form on the floor of caves.
How does stalactites and stalagmites form?
rain
Do stalagmites form on the ceiling of a cavarn?
No, they form on the ground. Stalactites form on the ceiling.
What formations form in pillars on the floor of a cavern?
Stalagmites
These formations form in pillars on the floor of a cavern.?
They are stalagmites.
What is the opposite of stalagmites?
The opposite would be stalactites, which form from the ceiling down, while stalagmites form from the floor up. (The venerable mnemonic is that stalactites hold tite/tight to the ceiling.)
Where is the stalactities and stalagmites?
Which ones? Oh, and "stalactites". They form in caves developed in limestone.
