20.500.12556/DiRROS-29050 Shapes of ideal stalagmites Stalagmites are isolated columns of calcium carbonate growing on a cave floor; theirgrowth is driven by the constant dripping of supersaturated solutions from the roofof the cave. In this paper, we derive a closed-form expression for the shape of asteadily growing stalagmite. Our analysis gives rise to three distinct shapes, all of themobservable in nature, with the shape characterized by a single dimensionless parameter.Transitions between different shapes occur at a specific value of this parameter, withadditional selection rules determining the shape and size of stalagmites evolving underspecific cave conditions. Our theory shows that the stalagmite shape influences the 13Cisotope shifts, which are an important source of paleoclimatic information. geomorphology physics karst stalagmites geomorfologija fizika kras stalagmiti true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2026-04-20 09:53:29 2026-04-20 09:53:29 2026-04-21 04:15:20 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Opis vira z dne 22. 10. 2025; 9 str. iss. 42 Vol. 122 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 551.435.843 1091-6490 10.1073/pnas.2513263122 254246915 RAZ_Szymczak_Piotr_2025.pdf RAZ_Szymczak_Piotr_2025.pdf 1 11C4BBB32EE0FCF762C41768BDBEB0EA 3a113cfe256835f46e85cb47be6a349d2782fc25d496913450926ac174caece9 3e9193fa-3c8e-11f1-b8c8-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=43379 https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2513263122 1 08759c79-3c8e-11f1-b8c8-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=43377 Univerzitetni klinični center Ljubljana 0 0 0