Boyden Cavern is a show cave located in the Giant Sequoia National Monument of the Sequoia National Forest , along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Fresno County , California . It is just west of Kings Canyon National Park .
9-836: Boyden may refer to: Places [ edit ] Boyden Cave , a mile-long cavern located in the Giant Sequoia National Monument of the Sequoia National Forest, California, United States Boyden Gate , parish of Chislet, Kent, England Boyden–Hull High School , in Hull, Iowa, United States Boyden, Iowa , United States Boyden Library in Foxborough, Massachusetts, United States Boyden Observatory , South Africa Seth Boyden House in Foxborough, Massachusetts, United States People with
18-502: A solutional cave that are below the water table or the local level of the groundwater are flooded. The largest and most abundant solutional caves are located in limestone. Limestone caves are often adorned with calcium carbonate formations produced through slow precipitation. These include flowstones , stalactites , stalagmites , helictites , soda straws , calcite rafts , and columns . These secondary mineral deposits in caves are called " speleothems ". Limestone dissolves under
27-553: A type of chemotaxis assay Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Boyden . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boyden&oldid=1173179930 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
36-468: Is a cave usually formed in the soluble rock limestone . It is the most frequently occurring type of cave. It can also form in other rocks , including chalk , dolomite , marble , salt beds , and gypsum . Bedrock is dissolved by natural acid in groundwater that seeps through bedding planes , faults , joints , and the like. Over geological epochs, these openings expand as the walls are dissolved to become caves or cave systems. The portions of
45-522: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Boyden Cave The cave is a solutional cave formed in Mesozoic marble ( metamorphosed limestone ). It is a cave with many varieties of natural speleothems, including rare "shield" formations. Boyden Cave or Boyden Cavern is located in the deepest river cut canyon of the United States,
54-748: The 8,200-foot (2,500 m) deep Kings Canyon. The cave entrance lies beneath the 2,000-foot (610 m) high marble walls of the famous Portals of the Kings, near the Kings River . Regular tours of the cave are given by a licensed guide company from the last Friday in April to mid November. The tour includes the Pancake Room, a stalactite group called the Upside Down City, and a flowstone formation called Mother Nature's Wedding Cake. In
63-473: The Bat Grotto bats spend summer days sleeping. The Drapery Room contains curtains , soda straws and helictites . The tour ends at a small subterranean stream. 0.63 miles (1.01 km) of the cave have been mapped. This Fresno County, California -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Solutional cave A solutional cave , solution cave , or karst cave
72-754: The action of rainwater and groundwater charged with H 2 CO 3 ( carbonic acid ) and naturally occurring organic acids . The dissolution process produces a distinctive landform known as " karst ", characterized by sinkholes and underground drainage. Solutional caves in this landform—topography are often called karst caves. Lechuguilla Cave in New Mexico and nearby Carlsbad Caverns are now believed to be examples of another type of solutional cave. They were formed by H 2 S ( hydrogen sulfide ) gas rising from below, where reservoirs of petroleum give off sulfurous fumes. This gas mixes with ground water and forms H 2 SO 4 ( sulfuric acid ). The acid then dissolves
81-1039: The surname [ edit ] Boyden Carpenter , American musician C. Boyden Gray , American attorney Amanda Boyden , American novelist David Dodge Boyden , American musicologist Edward Boyden , American neuroscientist Elbridge Boyden , American architect Frank Boyden Deerfield Academy Headmaster Georgie Boyden St. John , American composer Ian Boyden , American artist James Boyden , British politician Jennifer Boyden , American poet John Boyden , British music industry executive Joseph Boyden , Canadian novelist Linda Boyden , American poet Malcolm Boyden , British radio personality Matthew Boyden , multiple people Nate Boyden , American soccer player Nathaniel Boyden , American politician Philo Boyden , American politician Sally Boyden (disambiguation) , multiple people Seth Boyden , American inventor Uriah A. Boyden , American engineer and inventor Other [ edit ] 4301 Boyden , main-belt asteroid Boyden Chamber,
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