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Little Salt Spring is a feature of the karst topography of Florida, specifically an example of a sinkhole.It is classified as a third magnitude spring. [4] The numerous deep vents at the bottom of the sinkhole feed oxygen-depleted groundwater into it, producing an anoxic environment below a depth of about 5 m (16.4 ft). [4]
The sinkhole that contains the fossil-rich deposits of the Gray Fossil Site is the result of a series of overlapping collapse events that ultimately formed one large basin. Sizable boulders deposited within the lake sediments indicate that the edge of the sinkhole once featured high walls or overhangs where chunks of rock could occasionally ...
This is a listing of sites of archaeological interest in the state of Arkansas, in the United States
A paleoburrow is an underground shelter excavated by extinct paleo-vertebrate megafauna that lived in the prehistoric era. [1] [2] [3] Most paleoburrows are likely made by giant armadillos and large ground sloths, depending on their size. [4]
Scientists have uncovered evidence of ancient humans engaged in a deadly face-off with a giant sloth, showing for the first time how our ancestors might have tackled such a formidable prey.
The location of the state of Arkansas. Paleontology in Arkansas refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of Arkansas. The fossil record of Arkansas spans from the Ordovician to the Eocene. [1] Nearly all of the state's fossils have come from ancient invertebrate life. [1]
A sinkhole that formed on the eastbound side of I-80 near Wharton, New Jersey caused traffic snarls on the busy highway, about 40 miles west of New York City. Westbound lanes were unaffected.
Bering Sinkhole – natural limestone sinkhole in Texas used for prehistoric burials [4] Big Basin Prairie Preserve – St. Jacob's Well, Kansas , a water-filled sinkhole which lies in the Little Basin, and the Big Basin, a 1.5-kilometre-wide (1 mi) crater-like depression