This is a landscape composed of palm leaf-like stalagmites. It is a composite deposit resulting from dripping and splashing water. During the formation of a stalagmite from water droplets, tiny water drops splash onto the stalagmite surface and create an ascending palm leaf pattern. Whenever the spatial distribution of the splash is uneven, the ‘palm tree’ is asymmetrical. Splashing water droplets require a larger dripping distance; therefore, palm-shaped stalagmites usually exist in tall caves. They are found in Dayan (Big Rock) Cave in Guilin and Doulu Cave in Chenzhou, Hunan Province. China’s most famous palm-shaped stalagmite is the ‘Yinyu (Silver Rain) Tree’ in Zhijin Cave in Guizhou Province (Fig. 5).
Palm-shape stalagmite, Zhijin Cave, Guizhou Province
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(2020). Palm-Shape Stalagmite Landscape. In: Chen, A., Ng, Y., Zhang, E., Tian, M. (eds) Dictionary of Geotourism. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_1829
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