Calcite (Inventory)/Column
From LagWiki
(Difference between revisions)
(More description and references) |
(Minor correction) |
||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
Columns form when a [[Calcite (Inventory)/Stalactite|stalactite]] joins a [[Calcite (Inventory)/Stalagmite|stalagmite]] making a continuous formation from ceiling to floor. | Columns form when a [[Calcite (Inventory)/Stalactite|stalactite]] joins a [[Calcite (Inventory)/Stalagmite|stalagmite]] making a continuous formation from ceiling to floor. | ||
| - | Columns can vary greatly in both thickness and height. A column could be formed from a single [[Calcite (Inventory)/ | + | Columns can vary greatly in both thickness and height. A column could be formed from a single [[Calcite (Inventory)/Stalactite/soda straw|soda straw]] which has managed to reach the floor or could be a massive floor to ceiling formation with great thickness. |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 12:32, 27 March 2012
The Column field of the Calcite section should record any stations that exhibit columns.
Columns form when a stalactite joins a stalagmite making a continuous formation from ceiling to floor.
Columns can vary greatly in both thickness and height. A column could be formed from a single soda straw which has managed to reach the floor or could be a massive floor to ceiling formation with great thickness.
See also
References
- Hill, Carol; Paolo Forti (1997) Cave Minerals of the World (Second Edition ed.) National Speleological Society pp 56-57 ISBN: 1-879961-07-5
- Palmer, Arthur N. (2007) Cave Geology CAVE BOOKS, Dayton, OH p 283 ISBN-13: 978-0-939748-66-2, ISBN-10: 0-939748-66-5
