[therion] Re: Mud and sand

[Martin Sluka]

At 11:53 +0000 16.12.2004, Wookey wrote:
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> I think these are a type of speleothem - calcite raft floating on water.
> I'mnot sure about a raft cone, but presumably it is some variation. These
> are certainly quite rare formations....


Typical for Lechuguia cave and simillar karst I think.

There is an important difference od mud/clay and sand in sense of sedimentation - the sand sedimented in flowing water but mud/clay in static water, so there should be two different symbols probably.

Martin (S)
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