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ID: 300417947
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300417947

 

Record Type: concept
stalactites (speleothems, deposit, ... Materials (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Icicle-like formations of calcium carbonate, depending from the roof or sides of a cavern and produced by the dropping of waters which have percolated through, and partially dissolved, the overlying limestone.
 
Terms:
stalactites (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
stalactite (C,U,English,UF,U,SN)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  M.MT

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Materials Facet
Materials Facet
Hierarchy of Materials (hierarchy name)
.... Materials (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of materials (substances)
........ materials (substances) (G)
Hierarchy of <materials by formation process>
............ <materials by formation process> (G)
Hierarchy of deposit
................ deposit (G)
Hierarchy of speleothems
.................... speleothems (G)
Hierarchy of stalactites
........................ stalactites (G)

Related concepts:
conjuncted with ....  stalagmites
............................  (speleothems, deposit, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) [300380017]

Sources and Contributors:
stalactite............  [GCI, VP]
.......................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
stalactites............  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) as term in "Stalactites and stalagmites," accessed 29 November 2012
.......................  Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary [online] (1997-2002) accessed 29 November 2012
.......................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 29 November 2012
 
Subject: .....  [VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 29 November 2012

 

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