Which outcome increases after a stalactite tip fractures?

💡 Explanation

After fracture, surface tension at the stalactite tip is disrupted due to exposed micro-channels; this process intensifies preferential flow paths. Therefore, the drip rate increases locally, rather than altering flow regime globally or deposition rates elsewhere.

• Which outcome occurs when extensional stress exceeds fault strength?
• Which outcome occurs when glacial meltwater carries highly pulverized rock?
• Which risk escalates when shield volcano slope instability occurs?
• Which consequence results when preferential erosion of weaker rock layers occurs in a coastal cliff?
• Which outcome occurs when pyroclastic density currents encounter water?
• Which outcome results when equatorial Pacific upwelling weakens?