Calcite (Inventory)/Coral Pipes

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'''Coral Pipes''', also known as "calcified silt pillars", are clusters of vertically oriented speleothems that form by calcite encrusting mud, silt interior.
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'''Coral Pipes''', also known as "calcified silt pillars", are clusters of vertically oriented speleothems that form by calcite encrusting a mud or silt interior.
Coral pipes form in clusters only a few centimeters apart. Each tower-like formation is usually less than 10 cm in height. Coral pipes are taller than they are wide. In cross section, they are concentric layers of calcite (or other mineral) over a soft silt or mud internal core. Coral pipes form on steeply sloping floors or walls.
Coral pipes form in clusters only a few centimeters apart. Each tower-like formation is usually less than 10 cm in height. Coral pipes are taller than they are wide. In cross section, they are concentric layers of calcite (or other mineral) over a soft silt or mud internal core. Coral pipes form on steeply sloping floors or walls.
==See also==
==See also==
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*[[Calcite (Inventory)/Coral Pipes|Coral Stalagmite]]
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*[[Calcite (Inventory)/Coral Stalagmite|Coral Stalagmite]]
==References==
==References==

Current revision as of 14:01, 21 November 2013

Coral pipes

Coral Pipes, also known as "calcified silt pillars", are clusters of vertically oriented speleothems that form by calcite encrusting a mud or silt interior.

Coral pipes form in clusters only a few centimeters apart. Each tower-like formation is usually less than 10 cm in height. Coral pipes are taller than they are wide. In cross section, they are concentric layers of calcite (or other mineral) over a soft silt or mud internal core. Coral pipes form on steeply sloping floors or walls.

See also

References

  • Hill, Carol; Paolo Forti (1997) Cave Minerals of the World (Second Edition ed.) National Speleological Society pp 62 ISBN: 1-879961-07-5


Calcite (Inventory)/Coral Pipes is a part of the cave inventory project.
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