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The cave's walls are vertically fluted where rainwater has seeped through the caprock over time, widening the rock joints and washing out the void space below.
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Greg Brick, Star Tribune, 2 Apr. 2021
Lubbock, with its elevation reaching to some 3,400 feet, sits high atop caprock tableland that tapers slowly to the southeast toward Fort Worth and Dallas.
—Mary Ann Anderson, Twin Cities, 20 July 2019
Natural arches typically form where a layer of hard caprock lies on top of a softer stone, like limestone.
—Ken Jennings, CNT, 26 June 2017
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Greg Brick, Star Tribune, 2 Apr. 2021
Lubbock, with its elevation reaching to some 3,400 feet, sits high atop caprock tableland that tapers slowly to the southeast toward Fort Worth and Dallas.
—Mary Ann Anderson, Twin Cities, 20 July 2019
Natural arches typically form where a layer of hard caprock lies on top of a softer stone, like limestone.
—Ken Jennings, CNT, 26 June 2017
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“Caprock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caprock. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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