flowstone
noun
flow·stone
ˈflō-ˌstōn 
: calcite deposited by a thin sheet of flowing water usually along the walls or floor of a cave
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Uranium-thorium dating said the flowstone couldn’t be any younger than 114,000 years.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 June 2023
Here, too, flowing water had deposited a flowstone over the layer of sediment in which these shells were found.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 June 2023
One of the largest flowstone formations looks similar to a frozen waterfall and is dubbed Frozen Niagra.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2022
However, rocks from different ages have fallen into the cave, along with water and flowstone deposits that mix younger sediment with older sediment.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2022
In a cave, mineral-rich water drips over the walls, eventually depositing stalactites, stalagmites, and the sheet-like formations called flowstone.
—Sophie Bushwick, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2012
The researchers, including experts from Johannesburg and France, examined radioactive decay in rocks buried at the same time as the fossils, whereas earlier estimates were based on calcite flowstone deposits.
—Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 29 June 2022
And younger flowstone can sometimes be found mixed in with old sediment.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 June 2022
From there a walking path goes through six geological strata, crosses a bridge over a chasm built by Russian prisoners during World War I and continues past underground clifftops and gorges, spaghetti-thin stalactites and flowstone curtains.
—John Malathronas, CNN, 3 Dec. 2021
Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 June 2023
Here, too, flowing water had deposited a flowstone over the layer of sediment in which these shells were found.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 June 2023
One of the largest flowstone formations looks similar to a frozen waterfall and is dubbed Frozen Niagra.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2022
However, rocks from different ages have fallen into the cave, along with water and flowstone deposits that mix younger sediment with older sediment.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2022
In a cave, mineral-rich water drips over the walls, eventually depositing stalactites, stalagmites, and the sheet-like formations called flowstone.
—Sophie Bushwick, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2012
The researchers, including experts from Johannesburg and France, examined radioactive decay in rocks buried at the same time as the fossils, whereas earlier estimates were based on calcite flowstone deposits.
—Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 29 June 2022
And younger flowstone can sometimes be found mixed in with old sediment.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 June 2022
From there a walking path goes through six geological strata, crosses a bridge over a chasm built by Russian prisoners during World War I and continues past underground clifftops and gorges, spaghetti-thin stalactites and flowstone curtains.
—John Malathronas, CNN, 3 Dec. 2021
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