Speleology
Speleology is the scientific study and exploration of caves; including the surveying, mapping and cartography of caves and reporting on the flora and fauna found in them. The Speleology topic includes questions related to the geology, biology, chemistry, archaeology, hydrogeology,and karst topography of caves; the history of and trivia about specific caves; and published findings related to the research of those who study caves called Speleologists.
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Anissah1It is an essential constituent of protoplasm, used in safety matches, pyrotechnics, incendiary shells, and fertilizers and to...
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The reaction of carbonic acid in rain and groundwater with the carbonate rock.
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Maroo is a Indian girl who lives with her father and mother Areg. But, when they find a cave, they camp there. But, at a cliff...
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if you mean are stalagmites narrower than stalactites then they can both be bigger than each other because there sises are nearly...
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Caves can form in a variety of ways, but most caves are dissolutional and are initially formed by chemical weathering of surface...
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No. The Earth's orbit is quite stable; has been for 4 billion years or more.
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The evaporation of mineral-laden groundwater, with the concurrent deposition of the formerly dissolved minerals.
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It yields HCl+CO2, CO2 is a by product of a neutralization reaction with HCl. HCl (hydrochloric acid) if neutralized (reacted)...
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spoil
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Maroo means "Little Ptarmigian".
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A stagaltite is a round or tapering mineral spire that rises from the floor of a cave. Composed largely of calcium compounds,...
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Carlsbad CavernsCarlsbad Caverns National Park is located in the southeast corner of New Mexico, about 23 miles southwest of...
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The deepest point in Carlsbad Cavern, the park's tour cave, is 1037 feet below the surface, or 0.196 miles. However, this area is...
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A cave is a natural underground void large enough for a human to enter, while a cavern is a large cave.
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Caves can form in a variety of ways, but most caves are dissolutional and are initially formed by chemical weathering of surface...
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stalagmites are made of limestone.
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Voronya Cave, Abkhazia, Georgia (2191 metres deep from the highest entrance to the lowest point). Another cave nearby in Georgia...
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This is a fairly broad question given that there are many kinds of natural disasters and many kinds of ecosystems to which such...
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bats, blind millipedes, fish, and snakes
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AnswerThe cone-shaped mineral deposit that hangs from the roof of a cave is a stalactite. See the related question for more...
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I would think that a cave would be overly populated by many creatures wanting to stay cooler.
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Earth forming from a mass of dust and gas :)
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Study of Volcanoes The study of volcanoes is volcanology.
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Its because they are both made by erosion. Limestone is a rock that is soft and easily eroded by underground streams and rivers....
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Carbonic acid (H2CO3) has the main compound, carbon, in the middle. carbon has a double bond with oxygen (indicated by two lines...
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Running water, and the acids from dissolved gases, slowly carve out the stone to form an erosive cave. Where limestone is present...
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Per the following website, there are approx. 4100 known caves in Alabama. I believe this site refers to TAG which is a regional...
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The southern Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand.Near Hamilton =)
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The growth rate of stalagamites depends upon the amount and rate of water entering the cave, the amount of acidity and minerals...
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Small amounts of ash usually aren't a big problem. Large amounts of ash can be deadly. Several people were killed during the...
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you must be more clear about your question... not all caves have similar temperatures. Underground caves of the prehistoric...
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an accumulation of boulders, stones, or other debris carried and deposited by a glacier.
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Yes, an individual can own stalactites and stalagmites. But they have to be taken from nature in a legal manner, and vended and...
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Most rocks are not entirely waterproof - they have cracks and channels where water can seep through. Caves are often found in...
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A landscape that is strictly formed by the erosion of water. Most caves are formed by the underground rivers leeching and eroding...
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Stalactites are the ceiling ones, and stalagmites are the floor ones. Boomey: Mainly it would take a shotgun to get them down....
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Stalactites hang down from the ceilings of caves.
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Fissure, Talus, Solutional, Granite, Slate, Erosional, man-made, rare emerged Sea caves, Sea caves, and Sandstone caves.Most are...
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Yeah. They show them in movies and National Geographic sometimes.
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Mammoth Cave near Cave City, Kentucky, is the world's longest cave. More than 390 miles of passages have been mapped. Mammoth...
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yes because of the temprature xx
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"Scree, also called talus, is a term given to an accumulation of broken rock fragments at the base of crags, mountain cliffs, or...
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Haight-Ashbury. Hollywood. Sutter's Mill. Golden Gate. Death Valley. Disneyland. Alcatraz. Napa Valley. Knotts Berry Farm. San...
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Mr. Hayatullah Khan Durrani (Pride of Performance) Mr. Hayatullah Khan Durrani (Pride of Performance) is a renowned first...
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Water, erosion, explosives.
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In areas with karst topography. Carbonate bedrock.
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A "stalactite" also known as dripstone, is like a stone icicle on the ceiling of a limestone cave. It develops when water, in...
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Mammoth Cave in KY-US.
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Lascaux is a village in France. It is 270 miles (434km) south of Paris and 53 miles (86km) south of Limoges.
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They are formed by dripping water, and are usually composed of calcium carbonate. Stalactites are the formations that are...
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Regions dominated by limestone have many characteristic landforms, including limestone caves, also called solution caves. The...
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Maroo is a girl in her dad's (Areg) tribe, he dies in the middle of the story and Areg's brother vorka breaks his arm trying to...
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Most caves are small but some are very large and complex. There is no standard size and finding an "average" is not very useful.
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Stalagtite.
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"...because their dreaded agadi-nwayi would never fight what the Ibo call a fight of blame."
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Stalactite
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Stalactites are formed through calcium carbonate deposits made by mineral rich water dripping through the ceiling and onto the...
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Cave diving is a particularly risky type of diving using specialized SCUBA equipment to explore underwater caves.
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Platinum is more rare and expensive than gold. As to better, it may depend on what you want to use it for. Platinum is used for...
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The Jenolan Caves are in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. They are close to the Blue Mountains cities of Lithgow...
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in sense of jewelry -yes in sense of durability - no in sense of cost - no in sense of investment -yes
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For spelunking.
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It can be called an active, dormant or extinct volcano. An active volcano erupts regularly and frequently, however, it might not...
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mammoth cave is over 350 miles long.
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The Mammoth Cave located in the state of Kentucky is the largest cave system in the world.
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The most famous spot for lava tubes on Earth is Hawai'i. Because of the geography, the Lava Tubes on Big Island are the biggest...
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Stalactites and stalagmites are precipitated calcite.
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Wildfires destroy wild habitat for animals, and fires kill many animals that cannot escape. These fires also strip vegetation...
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It's in Cave City, Kentucky, north of Bowling Green.
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It is an excellent tourist destination.
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because they are all gay and like it anal!
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Caves have so few producers because of the lack of sun. A producer makes its food from the suns energy and without that there...
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its because limestone weathers very easily and when it erodes away it leaves a cave (also see stalactites and stalgmites but if...
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The original answer, shown below, is incorrect. Topography is a land term. It has nothing whatever to do with water. The...
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Karst
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Caves, and other karst features, are produced because limestone is soluble in water containing dissolved carbon dioxide and...
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An abiotic factor would be something like, rocks holding up woodchips or something. Abiotic is non-living.
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yes, because it is formed by groundwater charged with CO2 (carbon dioxide) which forms carbonic acid
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Vertical Caves either have entrances which you must go down using a rope (instead of going in horizontally) and for safety...
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Nope. No mountains in sight. Not even Kilimanjaro. It's flats grounds all the way... Obviously there is. Kango Caves for one(in...
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Over hundreds of years, areas with limestone rocks can develop caves. Caves are formed when carbonic acid in ground water...
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No, it's not a cave, it's a blue hole. I don't know if it's completely salt water, but there probably is another blue hole...
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A Hybrid science combining the study of Caves and Glaciers. Ice Caves, popular in Europe, would fit into this scientific...
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1. Additional water, probably 2 liters per person. 2. A very lightweight sleeping bag. 3. 2 coils of rope, one being about 53...
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Troglodyte, note spellling, is the popular French word for what we would call a Cave Man or cave-dwelling prehistoric human. It...
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Scientists who study volcanoes are called vulcanologists
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Chauvet cave in France is just one site. There are other sites in Spain and France.
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Tennessee, closely followed by Missouri.
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