Bulletin 70. Caves of New Jersey, 1976 - State of New Jersey

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[-- "__ ------ -F _i / / --The early stage of cave development when the
r _ / water tableh gh. rim ysolntion oa lt e
_._/ __ --[// / are forming at, above, and below the water
[ "-- -- _/I.1/ table. The land surface does not contain sinks.
I[ [/ A. Water table
B. Primary solution channels forming along
I joints, fractures, and/or bedding planes
in carbonate rocks.
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_---'-----_-_'_- -- :l" __ - [[i / _-Water table is being lowered and integration
--_ - _ / / of the solution cavities is starting. The surface
_8 / _ _ _'/" / has a few sinks
_------J _._..I i.-. [/ /
A. Water table
B.
C.
Primarysolution
Smallcaverns beginning
channels
to form
]I D. Sinkholes beginning to form at the surface
Block Ill
I_Ll5__//_-"__" / . _-A marked lowering of the water table, complex
____1_ / integration of the solution channels, and en-
-- _ _ _ ---- -- i I//l'/ . " largement of caverns. The surface is marked
_----_'__.,_/
l --- . I /
by°.numerous
springs.
sinks, sinking streams, and
t _ _ A.
B.
Water table
Primarysolution channels
TIT C. Cavern
D. Sinkhole
E. Sinking stream
F. Spring
G. Natural bridge
H. Dome pit
I. Pit
Figure 2 J. Rising stream
Block diagrams showing the water table theory of
cavern development and associated features.
NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY