FLOWSTONE

flowstone: translation

   Deposits of calcium carbonate, gypsum, and other mineral matter which have accumulated on the walls or floors of caves at places where water trickles or flows over the rock [10]. Layered deposits of calcium carbonate precipitated on rocks from water trickling over them [20].

   (French.) coulée stalagmitique; (German.) Sinterfall, Sinter; (Greek.) asvestolithikon epiphlioma; (Italian.) colata stalagmitica, deposito, concrezione, stalagmite; (Russian.) nateki; (Spanish.) colada estalagmítica; (Turkish.) akmataÕ2; (Yugoslavian.) kaskade.

   See also dripstone.