Beautiful, intricate patterns in limestone result from feedback between hydrodynamics and chemistry. This self-organizing process resides in an unfamiliar region of parameter space for systems of deposition under fluid flow.
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Hammer, Ø. Watch your step. Nature Phys 4, 265–266 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys915
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