stalagmite

How To Use stalagmite In A Sentence

• There was no crust of stalagmite overlying the mud in which the human skeleton was found, and no bones of other animals in the mud with the skeleton; but just before our visit in 1860 the tusk of a bear had been met with in some mud in a lateral embranchment of the cave, in a situation precisely similar to b, Figure 1, and on a level corresponding with that of the human skeleton. The Antiquity of Man
• Speleothems (stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone) usually display a layered or banded structure in cross section, not unlike growth rings in a tree.
• He has also shown through his research that stalagmites in caves do not require a long time to form.
• The cave has some fantastic formations of great geological interest - stalactites, stalagmites, stalactones, cave pearls, ‘cave milk’.
• As an entity, the caverns contain a matchless array of spectacular limestone formations: stalagmites, stalactites and the rarer epsomite needles, soda straws, cave pearls, and lily pads. Travel Guide: the Incredible Natural Landscapes in the U.S.A. (Part 1)
• Flinx had to turn sideways to fit through a narrow passage between arow of stalagmites. Flinx In Flux
• Rain and sea spray shaped this limestone into cliffs and tunnelled into the rock, creating numerous caves in which calcium deposits formed surprisingly shaped stalactites and stalagmites.
• ‘We are spelunkers, examining stalagmites today,’ Susie tells me, concentrating on the rock formation at her feet.
• The cave is millions of years old and there are many stalagmites and stalactites that still drip.
• Squeezing through a tight thrutch we found ourselves in a large chamber with dozens of impressive Stalagmites and pillars on a mud bank, and a taped path leading into the darkness.