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Flowstones are
sheetlike deposits of
calcite or
other carbonate minerals,
formed where water flows down the
walls or
along the
floors of a cave. They are...
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these precipitates form
dripstones (stalagmites, stalactites), and
flowstones, two of the
major types of speleothems.
Speleothem transects can provide...
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shapes and
forms of cave speleothems, such as stalactites, stalagmites,
flowstone etc.
Calthemite is
derived from the
Latin calx (genitive calcis) "lime"...
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speleothems such as columns, mud flows, stalactites, stalagmites,
flowstone, and
mirrored pools. The
caverns host the
Great Stalacpipe Organ, a lithophone...
- pools. The
formation created,
which looks like stairs,
often extends into
flowstone above or
below the
original rimstone. Often,
rimstone is
covered with...
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spoiled forever by a
single misplaced step.
Active formations such as
flowstone can be
similarly marred with a
muddy footprint or handprint, and ancient...
- very well
decorated room in the
uppermost level, with its huge
white flowstone. Also
offered is a "Wild Cave" tour
which allows access to undeveloped...
- the cave's full
length was
stopped by a large, 60-metre (200 ft) high
flowstone-coated wall,
which the
expedition named the
Great Wall of Vietnam. The...
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Secondary deposits,
which create stalagmites, stalactites,
flowstone etc.,
outside the
natural cave environment, are
referred to as "calthemites"...
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luminescence dating of
sediments with U-Th and
palaeomagnetic analyses of
flowstones; the
upper limit of 335 ka is due to U-series and
electron spin resonance...
