Previous Streams and Springs. Next Groundwater Pollution. Removing book from your Reading List will also remove any bookmarked pages associated with this title. Are you sure you want to remove bookConfirmation and any corresponding bookmarks? My Preferences My Reading List. Effects of Groundwater Flow. The style of cave passage depends on the frequency of bedding planes, fissures and fractures within the rock. Massively bedded limestones will have bathyphreatic caves State 1 , while heavily fractured rock will generate water-table caves State 4.
On central Mendip, State 2 or 3 caves are most common. Stalactites and stalagmites form when rainwater falling directly on to the limestone percolates down through the rock, gradually becoming saturated with calcium carbonate as it dissolves the limestone through which it passes. On reaching an open vadose cave below, the calcium carbonate precipitates out due to degassing of carbon dioxide to form stalactites and stalagmites.
Home Overview maps Acknowledgements Site map Copyright. This site is hosted by the British Geological Survey but responsibility for the content of the site lies with Foundations of the Mendips website not with the British Geological Survey. One of the wonders of visiting a cave is to witness the beauty of these amazing and strangely captivating structures. Caves also produce a beautiful rock, formed from calcium carbonate, travertine.
Ground water saturated with calcium carbonate precipitates as the mineral calcite or aragonite. Mineral springs that produce travertine can be hot, warm or even cold. What is this process called?
Which of the following was formed by erosion? When particles carried by water, ice, or. Where is most of the surface water on earth found? Am I correct? Which processes creates a rust-like appearance on rocks? Chemical weathering B. Sue or anyone else! You can view more similar questions or ask a new question. Questions Science 1. Similar Questions science What is it called when heat and pressure change one type of rock into another?
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