During the 2011 speleological expedition to the Puerto Princesa Underground River (Palawan, Philippines) a drapery characterized by several close-to-horizontal ribs has been noticed. Even without sampling and analyzing its internal growth layers, a detailed morphological study allowed to present a possible genetic model. The presented model helps to explain its evolution, which is mainly controlled by variation in water flow as a consequence of the Palawan climate. When validated by further analyses, the same genetic mechanism could define also the evolution of the very common but still unexplained complex flowstones, which exhibit several close-to-horizontal steps, widenings and narrowings along their growth axis.

Forti, P., Badino, G., Calaforra, J.M., De Waele, J.o. (2017). The ribbed drapery of the Puerto Princesa Underground River (Palawan, Philippines): Morphology and genesis. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPELEOLOGY, 46(1), 93-97 [10.5038/1827-806X.46.1.2011].

The ribbed drapery of the Puerto Princesa Underground River (Palawan, Philippines): Morphology and genesis

FORTI, PAOLO;DE WAELE, JO HILAIRE AGNES
2017

Abstract

During the 2011 speleological expedition to the Puerto Princesa Underground River (Palawan, Philippines) a drapery characterized by several close-to-horizontal ribs has been noticed. Even without sampling and analyzing its internal growth layers, a detailed morphological study allowed to present a possible genetic model. The presented model helps to explain its evolution, which is mainly controlled by variation in water flow as a consequence of the Palawan climate. When validated by further analyses, the same genetic mechanism could define also the evolution of the very common but still unexplained complex flowstones, which exhibit several close-to-horizontal steps, widenings and narrowings along their growth axis.
2017
Forti, P., Badino, G., Calaforra, J.M., De Waele, J.o. (2017). The ribbed drapery of the Puerto Princesa Underground River (Palawan, Philippines): Morphology and genesis. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPELEOLOGY, 46(1), 93-97 [10.5038/1827-806X.46.1.2011].
Forti, Paolo; Badino, Giovanni; Calaforra, José Maria; De Waele, Jo
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