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dripstone
Natural environment; Speleology
Calcium carbonate deposited from water dripping from the ceiling or wall of a cave or from the overhanging edge of a rock shelter; commonly refers to the rock in stalactites, ...
flowstone
Natural environment; Speleology
Deposits of calcium carbonate, gypsum, and other mineral matter which have accumulated on the walls or floors of caves at places where water trickles or flows over the rock. ...
fluorescein
Natural environment; Speleology
A reddish-yellow crystalline compound that imparts a brilliant green fluorescent color to water in very dilute solutions; used to label underground water for identification of an ...
knot
Natural environment; Speleology
Method of securing or tying ropes or webbing material together by cavers.
prusik knot
Natural environment; Speleology
A knot tied by looping a smaller diameter rope around a larger standing line (rope) that has the property of sliding with no load on the knot, but will hold when it is loaded ...
ascender
Natural environment; Speleology
A mechanical device used by cavers who are either ascending or are descending through a vertical opening in a cave (e.g. vadose shaft) that uses a cam to grip a rope while ...
karstification
Natural environment; Speleology
Features formed by the dissolutional removal of all or part of a buried rock unit. Interstratal-karst features are common within highly soluble evaporite rocks such as gypsum and ...
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