It is very variable, depending on many interacting factors.
A common rate often quoted by show-cave guides is "an inch in a thousand years", and while that might be the mean value for that cave, it is by no means universal.
Further, the rate can vary with time and climate change, to the extent that analysis of speleothems' growth rates is now used as one of various tools in palaeoclimate studies.
The stalactites hang from the ceiling, and the stalagmites are on the ground.
stalagmites & stalactites are examples of a chemical sedimentary rock
When stalactites and stalagmites join it is called a column
yes but there are not called stalagmites and stalactites there are called speleothems
Stalactites and stalagmites are classified as precipitates, a type of chemical sedimentary rock. Yes, rocks can grow like stalactites and stalagmites.
Stalactites and stalagmites are found in limestone caves. Stalactites hang from the ceiling, and stalagmites come up from the ground.
Stalactites and stalagmites are found in limestone caves. Stalactites hang from the ceiling, and stalagmites come up from the ground.
The stalactites hang from the ceiling, and the stalagmites are on the ground.
stalagmites & stalactites are examples of a chemical sedimentary rock
When stalactites and stalagmites join it is called a column
yes but there are not called stalagmites and stalactites there are called speleothems
Stalactites and stalagmites are classified as precipitates, a type of chemical sedimentary rock. Yes, rocks can grow like stalactites and stalagmites.
Stalactites and stalagmites are corresponding rock formations , stalactites being the ones on the roof of the cave and stalagmites the ones on the cave floor. Why are they formed? They are formed because water leaking into the caves craves out the rocks slowly into stalagmites and stalactites.
Stalactites have to hold on tight. Stalagmites might reach the roof.
No because there are stalactites and stalagmites they are not the same thing
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