Caverns are formed when rain, run-off, or surface water mixes with the topsoil, then Carbon acid and Carbon Dioxide mix with the soil where plants grow, making an acid so powerful that it eats away at the limestone that is underground; making cracks. Over millions of years, this process makes caves, which also concludes that caves are made up of lots of other caves.
The two features formed by underground weathering are caves and caverns. Caves are natural underground chambers typically formed in limestone, while caverns are larger caves that often have unique formations such as stalactites and stalagmites.
Carlsbad Caverns is primarily formed by dissolution, a type of chemical weathering, of the limestone bedrock by acidic groundwater. This process creates the spectacular caves and caverns found in the area.
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.
Carbonic Acid
Sinkholes and caverns are formed from carbolic acid. This carbolic acid dissolves rock which creates the spaces that form the sinkholes and caverns. The carbolic acid is created when carbon dioxide dissolves in water.
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The Florida Caverns are limestone caves and were formed by rain water dissolving the limestone.
The two features formed by underground weathering are caves and caverns. Caves are natural underground chambers typically formed in limestone, while caverns are larger caves that often have unique formations such as stalactites and stalagmites.
Carlsbad Caverns is primarily formed by dissolution, a type of chemical weathering, of the limestone bedrock by acidic groundwater. This process creates the spectacular caves and caverns found in the area.
Caverns are typically formed through a process known as karstification, where groundwater dissolves soluble rocks like limestone and carbonate rocks over time. This dissolution, along with other factors such as erosion and tectonic forces, can create underground cavities and passageways that eventually turn into caverns.
Sea caves (formed in cliffs by wave action)?
No, most caverns form below the water table. Caverns are typically formed by the dissolution of underground limestone or other soluble rocks by water, and this process usually occurs below the water table where the rocks are saturated with water.
Carlsbad Caverns were primarily formed by the dissolving of limestone by acidic groundwater. The caverns were then further carved out by the movement of water, creating the vast network of interconnected caves and caverns underground. The process of cave formation is ongoing, with some areas still being slowly shaped by the forces of nature today.
Caves, caverns, and sinkholes are typically formed by the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, or gypsum by water. Over time, water erodes and dissolves the rock, creating underground cavities and passages. Eventually, these cavities can collapse or become exposed at the surface, forming caves, caverns, and sinkholes.
An agaric mineral is a light, chalky deposit of calcium carbonate formed in caverns or fissures of limestone.
It's a normal karst cave, but I think (from memory) in marble rather than unaltered limestone.