Which outcome occurs when groundwater's calcium bicarbonate saturation decreases?

💡 Explanation

Decreased saturation leads to dissolution; reduced dissolved calcium levels cause existing cave formations (speleothems) to dissolve due to reversing the precipitation equilibrium because the saturation index drives mass transfer. Therefore, speleothem dissolution accelerates erosion, rather than precipitation, under these desaturated conditions.

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