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← GeographyWhich mechanism facilitates cave formation in regions with abundant limestone?
A)Carbonic acid dissolution prevails✓
B)Haloclasty fracturing initiates breakdown
C)Thermal expansion creates joints
D)Glacial abrasion grinds surface rock
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Cave formation accelerates via carbonic acid dissolution because limestone reacts with rainwater forming carbonic acid dissolves calcium carbonate; therefore, large voids appear rather than simple glacial or thermal erosion.
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