Ontario Cave Formations - rimstone dams, glowing skulls and cave rafts
Posted in Adventures, Caves, Education, Interesting, Nature/Outdoors, Photography, Rocks & Gems, Travel, articles, geography, geology, my life, ontario, photos, science, sports on June 23, 2006 | 2 Comments »
IMG_4407, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
This cave formation is known as a “rimstone dam”. It is a calcite dyke that terraces a sloping surface, holding back mirror-smooth pools of water. I am reminded of rice paddies of molten wax. Sometimes a skin of calcite grows on the surface like a sheet of floating paper. In absolute darkness they expand until [...]
