A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Speleothems in Lehman Cave |
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| Description | This view shows columns, sodastraws, small stalactites (hanging down from the ceiling), and larger stalagmites (pointing up from the floor). These are all varieties of speleothems (which means cave formations). They grow slowly over long times when calcite precipitates (forming limestone) from dripping or slowly flowing groundwater. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Cambrian |
| Lithostratigraphy | Pole Canyon Limestone |
| Geologic province | Great Basin |
| Location | USA ▹ Nevada ▹ White Pine. Near Ely. Great Basin National Park. |
| Photographer | Dexter Perkins. 2001-05-22. |
| Collection | E15102199-17. |
| Key words | Lehman Cave, speleothems, stalactite, stalagmite, soda straws, columns |
| Tech details | 273 KB. Outcrop. Canon Eos Rebel, 55 mm lens, Fuji Sensia 100. |
| GeoDIL number | 531 |
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