The Old Ruminator
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Can anyone tell us how this basin was formed ?
Another Mystery Photo.
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Inglesport
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Looks like a solutional pocket, or a "scallop"? Created by water dissolving and wearing away the rock, either in moving water or in a still pool.
The wiki -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalloping_(cave_feature)
The wiki -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalloping_(cave_feature)
The Old Ruminator
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Hopelessy incorrect.
cavingbiker
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I thought it was a Scotsman who dropped a penny!
Cantclimbtom
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Connecting to my inner Sherlock Holmes.. "Never trust to general impressions, but concentrate yourself upon details"
I note from the way dressed, she's a US caver. From the neatness of the elastic securing her plaits one can deduce a professional analytical mind. A paleontologist perhaps...
The nest of an oviraptor!
I note from the way dressed, she's a US caver. From the neatness of the elastic securing her plaits one can deduce a professional analytical mind. A paleontologist perhaps...
The nest of an oviraptor!
paul
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And in Aillwee Cave in The Burren, County Clare: https://burren.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Bones-in-Pit.jpg (photo from this web page: https://www.burren.ie/aillwee-bear-living-alongside-first-irish-settlers/)
Lankyman
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My old cat Charlie used to dig big holes like that in a neighbour's vegetable patch to bury his plop.Can anyone tell us how this basin was formed ?
Mr Dinwiddy
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I think its a dead gour pool. The sediment you can see is mud that has been smeared there by passing American cavers. The front rim looks like re-deposited calcite, and looks soft and scraped. The juxtaposition of that strange pale knobble in the roof (above left of her helmet) with the centre of the pool is interesting though. If you know the answer please share....
The Old Ruminator
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Brains is er Brainy and quite correct.
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