Re: [SWR] icicles and stal WHOOPS, here is the message.

2013-11-26 Thread DONALD G. DAVIS
Penny Boston pbos...@nmt.edu wrote: This ripple pattern is observed only on icicles (and stalactites?) that are growing via deposition on the exterior surfaces. Soda-straws and helictites are fed from internal canals (water-drop diameter in straws; capillary size in helictites), and

texascavers Digest 27 Nov 2013 04:20:58 -0000 Issue 1890

2013-11-26 Thread texascavers-digest-help
texascavers Digest 27 Nov 2013 04:20:58 - Issue 1890 Topics (messages 23104 through 23106): The current weather related to Texas caves 23104 by: David Tienkengs 23105 by: dirtdoc.comcast.net Re: [SWR] Tienkengs 23106 by: dirtdoc.comcast.net Administrivia: To

[SWR] Tienkengs

2013-11-26 Thread dirtdoc
Tienkengs National Geographic - Mystery Caves Of Guangxi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiYn-DeQjL8 A production of the National Geographic Channel in conjunction with Chinese television CCTV-9 I have been asked to provide some clarification for the US caving community about the

Re: [SWR] Tienkengs

2013-11-26 Thread DONALD G. DAVIS
dirt...@comcast.net wrote: Tienkengs=20 National Geographic - Mystery Caves Of Guangxi=20 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DwiYn-DeQjL8=20 A production of the National Geographic Channel in conjunction with Chinese= television CCTV-9=20 I have been asked to provide some clarification for the

Re: [SWR] Tienkengs

2013-11-26 Thread dirtdoc
Very informative explanation! Even without having been to the Chinese karst, I could smell the hype. Nothing seemed that unusual about these features other than the exceptional size, and the implication that this was just now being discovered seemed improbable, to say the least, when one of