Cave Gallery (IMAGE)

Geological Society of America

Cave Gallery

Caption

Dimitri Laurent explores a typical gallery in the Nébélé Cave, that was formed by sulfuric acid speleogenesis. You can see a deep notch that indicates the former presence of a river, and sodium sulfate on the left that is produced from weathering by sulfuric acid (credit: Christophe Durlet).

Credit

Christophe Durlet

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