ethnfreeman Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Most the strata around here is in flat layers what caused this fluid looking rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagebrush Steve Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Looks water worn, is it located in an intermittent stream? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethnfreeman Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 Yea i guess you could say that wow the water hasnt been that deep in my living memory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethnfreeman Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 So would that be from water trickling down the walls or a torrent of water coming threw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 5 minutes ago, ethnfreeman said: So would that be from water trickling down the walls or a torrent of water coming threw Both at different times. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagebrush Steve Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 1 hour ago, ynot said: Both at different times. Agreed. I would say that occasional torrents will do a lot because they will pick up sand, rocks, and debris and use them like grit in a rock tumbler to scour the walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Bioturbation is a common cause for lack of stratification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethnfreeman Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 There it is must have been a really big flood its 200ft above the valley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethnfreeman Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 There was a glacial lake to the north the Teays Glacial lake near charleston WV i thnk it drained as an outburst flood if im remember correctly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethnfreeman Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 Teays Valley to the north was a glacial lake dammed up by ice you can see a clear change in the landscape to close to the cave like its a littla flatter than the west Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 17 minutes ago, ethnfreeman said: There it is must have been a really big flood its 200ft above the valley Yes, now. But was the valley that deep 1,000 years age or 100,000 years ago? Water will cut through rock over time. Also, there is chemical erosion where acidic water will alter the rock. That is how many caverns are created. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethnfreeman Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 this is what the cave is made of a red sandy silt stone sand stone and some really fine powedered quarts loaded with plant fossils above the coal seams and above this is just sandstone that has nothing in it hardly at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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