Marengo Cave 2015 (IMAGE)

Seismological Society of America

Marengo Cave 2015

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Marengo Cave, a show cave in southern Indiana, displays numerous stalactites that have fallen in a preferred direction. Researchers are studying the stalactites for signs they were felled by seismic activity. Flowstone has "cemented" the stalactites in place.

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S.V. Panno

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