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PLATES 12 AND 13 PARTITIONS<br />

Plate 12. Bedrock partitions between closely-spaced passages in maze caves. A = Parallel slot-like passages opened to the walls of Marble<br />

Canyon, Arizona, USA. Top to bottom height is about 65 m (from Huntoon, 2000); B = Slot-like passages with a thin partition in Wind Cave,<br />

SD, US (photo by A. Palmer); C and D = Thin partitions between passages in Slavka Cave, western Ukraine (photo by A. Klimchouk); E and<br />

G = Thin partitions between passages in Zoloushka Cave, western Ukraine (photos by B. Ridush and V. Kisselev). The pillars were thinned<br />

by dissolution at the water table during a late stage of cave development; F = Thin partition between parallel passages in the Lower Cave<br />

section of Carlsbad Cavern (photo by A. Klimchouk).<br />

Plate 13. Partitions of carbonate fracture fill,<br />

only 1-10 cm thick, completely (left photo) or<br />

partially (right photo) partitioning large<br />

passages in Zoloushka Cave, western<br />

Ukraine. Photos by B. Ridush.<br />

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