Dissolution and corrasion of limestone water under vadose conditions, creating scalloping and passage deformation in a swallet cave in Derbyshire.


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Location: Giants Hole cave, near Castleton, Derbyshire
Photo credit: © Phil Wolstenholme / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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