Origin of Limestone Caverns, Volume 41, Issue 3

altitude baselevel bedding planes blind valleys branchwork calcite calcite crystals carbon dioxide cavern galleries cavern origin cavernous passages cavities channels corrasion corrasional crevices crystal caves cycle of erosion deep-lying galleries deepening degradation dense limestone depth descending developed dissolved district dome pits drainage drained dripstone deposition Endless Cavern enlarged epoch erosion cycle escape of carbon feet figure flow formed gallery floor graded gradients Green River ground air ground water ground-water solution inferred joints juvenile waters karst Kentucky later level-bedded limestones limestone low-level gallery Malott Mammoth Cave Marengo Cave mature miles Missouri one-cycle theory opened pattern peneplain profiles regional elevation rock falls roof saturated shafts and galleries sink sinkholes soluble solutional excavation springs stage strata subsurface water subterranean surface streams tion trickles two-cycle theory underground galleries underground passages underground streams upland uplift vadose stream vadose water vadose-water valley vertical volume walls water table water-filled water-table streams Weller widened Wyandotte Cave