Science
Mathematicians may have unlocked the secret of how “stone forests” form – Ars Technica
Soluble rocks dissolve, the surrounding fluid gets heavy, and gravity pulls it downward.
Enlarge/ The Stone Forest (Shilin) in China’s Yunnan Province may be the result of solids dissolving into liquids in the presence of gravity, producing natural convective flows.
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There are many wondrous geologic formations in nature, from Giant’s Causeway in Ireland to Castleton Tower in Utah, and the various processes by which such structures form is of longstanding interest for scientists. A team of applied mathematicians from New York University has turned its …
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