Part D
Solution Caves in Arizona
There are a number of different types of caves, from solution caves to sea caves to ice caves to lava tubes. Arizona is host to a number of solution caves (i.e., those formed by the dissolution of carbonate rock). These include the magnificent Kartchner Caverns, to Collosal Cave and Grand Canyon Caverns, to much smaller unnamed caves. Let's look at a few of them.
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Figure 14-15. Curiosity often drives us to explore where that hole in the rock leads. At left, Randy prepares to enter the Cave of Domes on Horseshoe Mesa in Grand Canyon NP. |
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Solution Caves
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Figure 14-16. Solution Caves: how they form (left) and caving in them (right). |
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Go to the Wikipedia's Solutional cave web page to answer Quiz Me! questions D36 through D38.
Speleothems
There are many different types of cave formations, called speleothem. Let's look at a few common types.
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Figure 14-17. A solution cave displaying several types of speleothems (Under Earth Images). |
Refer to the Wikipedia's Speleothem web page and Figure 14-17 to answer Quiz Me! questions D39 through D45.
Caves of Arizona
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Figure 14-18. Caves of Arizona include two in southern Arizona. The Big Room in Kartchner Caverns (left) and inside Colossal Cave (right). |
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Go to the Wikipedia's Kartchner Caverns State Park website to answer Quiz Me! questions D46 through D48.
Now go to the Wikipedia's Grand Canyon Caverns web page to answer Quiz Me! questions D49 and D50.
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