Which long-term outcome is accelerated when groundwater carbonate saturation decreases inside karst caves?

💡 Explanation

Reduced saturation drives greater differential dissolution, because, according to chemical kinetics, unsaturated water more aggressively dissolves carbonate minerals via the dissolution process; therefore, speleothems disintegrate faster rather than accrete at previous equilibrium rates, under typical conditions.

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