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speleothem [′spē·lē·ə‚them]

(geology)

A secondary mineral deposited in a cave by the action of water. Also known as cave formation.

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No references found			Typographic and geological factors, water flow saturated with Carbonic Acid Gas and Calcium carbonate deposits play an important role in karst speleothems such as stalactites and stalagmites, Hisham Moussa, a geographical researcher said. Beida Cavern, Miniature of World's Smallest Karst Caverns by Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) Lechuguilla is closed to the general public, but the park's most famous feature, Carlsbad Caverns, is open and holds many similar speleothems -- stalactites, stalagmites, and other bizarre cave formations. NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) Speleothems (stalactites and stalagmites) are formed as rainwater enters the cave after passing through plant debris and carbonate bedrock (limestone). The stunning AL HOOTA CAVE by Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman)			speed-payload tradeoff speed-power product speed-reliability tradeoff speed-up theorem speedboat Speedcoding Speedcoding 3 SPEEDE SPEEDEX speedo Speedometer Speedware Speedway speedwell speer Speer, Albert Speer, Robert Elliott Speicher, Eugene Speiser, Ephraim Avigdor Speiss Speke, John Hanning Spelaearctos Spelaeogriphacea spelean Speleology speleothem spell spell checker Spellanzon, Cesare spellchecker spelling and grammar checkers spelling checker spelling flame Spelling, Aaron Spellman, Francis Spellman, Francis Joseph Spelman College spelt spelter spelter shakes spelter solder Spemann, Hans Spence Spence, A. Michael Spence, Gerry Spence, Janet Taylor Spence, Jonathan D. Spence, Michael A. Spence, Thomas Spence, William Guthrie Spencer			Spekulation SPEL SPELA spelaean Spelaearctos Spelaeogriphacea Spelaeogriphidae spelaeologist spelaeologist spelaeology spelaeology SPELC SPELD Spelding spelean SPELEEM Spéléo Secours Français Spéléo-Club de la Mare des Noues à Franconville Speleognathus Speleologic Speleologic speleological speleological Speleological Research Group of Western Australia speleologist speleologist speleologists speleologists speleology speleology speleothem Speleothems speleotherapy Spelicans Spelk spell spell spell spell spell spell Spell 125 Spell 125 spell check spell check spell check spell checker spell checker spell checker Spell Checker Oriented Word Lists Spell checking Spell checking spell danger spell disaster Fig spell down spell down spell down spell down spell down spell for spell of illness

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