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How were the Florida cavern formed?
The Florida Caverns are limestone caves and were formed by rain water dissolving the limestone.
What are some of the names of famous caves?
Carlsbad Cavern.
What is interesting about Carlsbad Caverns?
what is interesting about Carlsbad Cavern is that it is the largest room out of all natural caves
What type of rock is Carlsbad Caverns?
Limestone. The caves are located in a limestone mountain range called the Guadalupe Mountains.
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.
Are limestone in caves?
Other way round! Water and/or air are in caves.:-) Most of the world's caves have formed / are forming in limestone.
Can caves be formed in areas of slate?
No. Most caves are formed out of limestone making that false.
What are limestone caves made out of?
Air! They are voids IN limestone formed by dissolution by water.
How lime- stones caves formed?
Limestone caves are formed through a process called chemical weathering. Rainwater, which is slightly acidic, dissolves the limestone rock over time, creating small cracks. These cracks then widen as more water flows through, eventually forming caves. Additionally, some limestone caves are formed through the erosion of underground rivers.
Are stalactites found anywhere else other than caves?
No. Stalactites are formed of limestone that is dissolved in slightly acidic ground water that precipitates and deposits a fraction of the dissolved limestone where the solution drips from the roof of a cavern to the floor. On the floor, below the stalactite, a stalagmite forms. The stalactite grows downward, and the stalagmite grows upward. This whole process requires a limestone cavern.
Can limestone be found in caves?
It's found around them! The vast majority of the world's caves are formed in limestone (soluble in ground-water).
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.
