Foglepole Cave (IMAGE)

Seismological Society of America

Foglepole Cave

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White stalagmites and associated formation are from Fogelpole Cave in southwestern Illinois (Illinois' longest cave) that were initiated by the New Madrid Seismic Zone earthquakes of 1811-1812.

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S.V. Panno

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