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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 else can I help you with?
How do groundwater deposits floor of limestone cave?
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.
What type of speleotherms found in limestone caves grow upward from the floor?
Stalagmites are the type of speleothems found in limestone caves that grow upward from the floor. They form as mineral-rich water drips from the ceiling and deposits calcium carbonate on the cave floor, gradually building up over time.
Do stalacities rise from the floor or hang from the cieling of limestone caves?
Stalactites hang from the ceiling of limestone caves, while stalagmites rise from the floor. Stalactites form as mineral-rich water drips from the cave ceiling, leaving behind deposits of minerals that accumulate over time. Stalagmites form as the drips fall to the floor and build up mineral deposits in a cone shape.
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.
What kind of rock is eaten away to form stachtites and staglamites?
Limestone is the type of rock that is commonly dissolved by water to form stalactites and stalagmites in caves. This process occurs over thousands of years when calcium carbonate in the limestone is slowly deposited as water drips from the cave ceiling.
What do you call the pointed projection that can form on the floor of a limestone cave?
Stalagmite. The opposite, growing downwards from the roof, is a "stalactite".
A limestone deposit rising from the floor in a cave?
A limestone deposit rising from the floor in a cave is most likely a formation called a stalagmite. Stalagmites are formed when mineral-rich water drips from the ceiling of a cave, depositing calcite and building up over time. Over thousands of years, stalagmites can grow tall and take on various shapes.
How do groundwater deposits floor of limestone cave?
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.
What type of speleotherms found in limestone caves grow upward from the floor?
Stalagmites are the type of speleothems found in limestone caves that grow upward from the floor. They form as mineral-rich water drips from the ceiling and deposits calcium carbonate on the cave floor, gradually building up over time.
How is chemistry related to Guatemala sinkhole?
Most sinkholes form when mildly acidic water dissolves limestone underground, this forms a limestone cave. A sinkhole occurs when the cave collapses.
What process creates cave?
Caves form when acidic rain dissolved limestone.
What is limestone cave formed of?
Limestone and limestone formations.
How many floors does limestone cave have in explores of sky?
It has 5 floors and a boss floor. The Bosses are Weavile, Arbok and Drapion.
What is the formation of limestone?
Limestone was formed over millions of years on the sea floor from the skeletal remains of minute sea creatures. Subjected to immense pressure, the layers hardened to form limestone. Upheavals that lifted up the sea floor, raised the limestone to form the limestone rock we find on the land. Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a general term for such sedimentary rocks, of which chalk is another kind.
Do stalactites rise from floor or hang from ceiling of limestone caves?
Stalactites hang from the ceiling of limestone caves. They form as mineral-rich water drips from the ceiling and deposits mineral formations, which over time build up into icicle-shaped structures pointing downwards. Stalagmites, on the other hand, rise from the cave floor.
Why is the limestone cave sometimes called the soultion cave?
Limestone caves are sometimes called solution caves because they are formed through a process called solution weathering. This occurs when water containing carbon dioxide dissolves the limestone rock, creating cave systems over time. The dissolved limestone is carried away in the form of a solution, hence the term "solution cave."
What causes the formation of most caves as well as stalactites and stalagmites?
Running water, and the acids from dissolved gases, slowly carve out the stone to form an erosive cave. Where limestone is present above the cave, it will drip out as calcium bicarbonate in water, which reverts to particles of calcium carbonate in air. If the water carries to the floor of the cave, stalagmites (limestone pinnacles) are formed. If the calcium precipitates before it can drip, an "icicle" of limestone, a stalactite, hangs from the ceiling. Usually these forms are created simultaneously, and may merge to form columns or sheets of columns.Unlike their icy counterparts, stalactites and stalagmites take hundreds to thousands of years to form, at an average of 5/1000ths of an inch (.13 mm) a year. A stalagmite in an Oregon cave has grown less than 1/4 of an inch since it was broken off 100 years ago!
