For more discussion of how they form, view the following:
Paper on Solution Pipes for ASF Conference, January 2003, in PDF form, KG Grimes 2003
Paper on Solution Pipes, published in The Victorian Naturalist, in PDF form, KG Grimes 2004
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Progressive evolution of a pipe, with cementation of the rim, and the surrounding sand. |
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Various ways of focussing the vertical flow into the dune. |
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Soil-filled solution pipes beneath a palaeosoil between two dune limestone formations. Canunda National Park, SA IMG00089.jpg |
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A solution pipe, with a thin cemented rim. IMG00063.jpg |
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A pair of small solution pipes. Scale bar is 10 cm. IMG00135.jpg |
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A field of closely-packed solution pipes, formed in a hard pan (calcreted soil). Canunda National Park, SA IMG00133.jpg |
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A group of closely-packed solution pipes. Scale bar is 10 cm. Canunda National Park, SA IMG00134.jpg |
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Solution pipes with cemented rims. At the "Petrified Forest", Cape Bridgewater, Vic. IMG00092.jpg |
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| Stereo-Pair of solution pipes at the "Petrified Forest", Cape Bridgewater, Vic. View stereopair with crossed-eyes C980404.jpg | ||
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| Stereo-Pair of rounded "cigar-shaped" base to a solution pipe. Scale bar is 10 cm. near "The Springs", Cape Bridgewater, Vic. View the stereopair with your eyes crossed D040355.jpg and D040356.jpg | ||
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Solution pipe entrance to Morgans Cave, SA S9509_11.jpg |
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Sand cone beneath a solution pipe. Fox Cave, Naracoorte, SA C9601_18.jpg |
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Solution pipe intersected by a cave. Note the thick cemented rim, with concentric structures, and the softer red soil fill in the core. Easter Cave, WA C0302-03.jpg |
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Rhizomorphs and calcite veins in dune limestone. near "The Springs", Cape Bridgewater, Vic. C0202_21.jpg |