Which outcome occurs when CO2 outgasses in solution?

💡 Explanation

Stalactite formation involves calcite precipitation because the solubility of calcium carbonate decreases as dissolved CO2 decreases, leading to the deposition of calcite via the common-ion effect, thereby forming stalactites, rather than dissolution.

• Which process drives the upward transport of silica-rich magma at strike-slip fault zones?
• Which outcome is observed following increased latent heat release within a Hadley cell?
• Which outcome during glacial retreat increases sediment loading into cirque lakes?
• Which outcome typically occurs offshore during subduction initiation?
• Which deformation regime results from differential cooling lava?
• Which change to atmospheric conditions leads to Hadley cell expansion at lower latitudes?