STUDY ON THE STRUCTURE TYPES OF STALAGMITE LAMINA OR LAMELLA IN CAVE
LIN Yu-shi
ZHANG Mei-liang
QIN Jia-ming
Abstract：We put forward the genesis and shape classification of cave stalagmite on the basis of the observation and study of lots of large stalagmite vertical profiles and firstly establish a classification scheme in terms of the combination structure of stalagmite lamina or lamella. It is expounded the structural types of cone in cone, cone and pillar, cone in cone and pillar compound, cone in cone and pillar intercalated with each other, and the constitution characteristics of the bedding plane subtypes: arch-convex, arch-concave, horizontal, horizontal concave and so on. It has been pointed that the structural types and its subtypes of stalagmite lamina are the behavior characteristics of ceiling drop water of cave, amount of dropping and flow water, and flow regime during forming stalagmite. The lamina or lamella and its structure of stalagmite are the comprehensive reflection of the climatic environment inside and outside cave ,and cave geological and hydrological conditions and so on.
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Publication Date：2001-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 5-10 )