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24 Cards in this Set
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White |
Pure calcium carbonate is this color |
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Tumes |
One of the purposes that archaeology research has shown that caves were used |
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Hills |
There are a lot of tall these in Tower karst topography |
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Appearing |
These type of streams seem to flow directly out of a hillside |
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Deposits |
A cave must have a supply of moving air to promote evaporation so that this will form |
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Speletheom |
Any cave formation deposited by dripping or flowing water |
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Geologist |
Most of these agree that drips down and slows down deposit from above the water |
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Speleologists |
They classify speleolthems according to their general shape and location |
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Spelunker |
A person who explores caves for recreation |
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Irregular |
This type of topography is associated with karst formations |
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Green |
Cave color that could come from copper |
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Groundwater |
Evolutionary geologist believe that the majority of solution case reforms through tens of thousands of years by these |
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Bacon |
Who knew you could find this in a cave |
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Caverns |
Karst topography errors generally includes a network of these which are interconnected |
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Seepage |
Stalactites stalagmites and columns are dripstone deposited from this out of a cave ceiling |
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Iron |
This type of oxy produces the reddish brown color that many cave formations have |
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Solution |
The largest and most spectacular caves |
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Soda straws |
Speleologists believe that stalactites start as these |
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Soluble |
Rocks such as limestone dolomite Halite rock salt and rocks gypsum are these type of rocks |
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Yellow |
Color that may come from dissolved organic matter from the land surface above |
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Volcanic |
The atmosphere following the flood was probably fairly do warm due to this type of activity |
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Bats |
Sometimes found encased in stalagmite calcite at Carlsbad Caverns |
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Freezing |
Water can quickly began dissolving the rock especially if the temperature is well above this |
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Cave |
An underground tunnel or chamber of natural origin that is accessible from the earth's surface |
