• Landform
  • Underground landform

conulite

1.

conulite : A hollow, cone-shaped speleothem formed when a conical depression is drilled in cave mud by falling water. Subsequent erosion may remove the mud, isolating the calcite lining of the depression.

Monroe, 1970

CAUSE Subsequent erosion may remove the mud
FORM isolating the calcite lining of the depression
formed when a conical depression is drilled in cave mud by falling water
LOCATION cone-shaped
FUNCTION hollow