Which effect causes rapid stalactite growth with elevated pCO2?

💡 Explanation

Greater pCO2 in drip water promotes calcite dissolution upstream, increasing the calcium and bicarbonate ion concentration; therefore, calcite precipitation rate rises during degassing at the stalactite because increased ion concentration surpasses lower saturation thresholds, rather than from surface tension affecting growth.

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