| After a few metres, the floor turns to rock, and the passage exhibits signs of vadose entrenchment. |
| This soon rejoins the main passage, and before long the floor breaks through the porcellaneous band, and the passage develops into a somewhat more pleasant vadose trench. |
| The vadose zone varies widely in thickness, from being absent to many hundreds of feet, depending upon several factors. |
| The way on was down some cascades leading to a small, low, vadose rift passage floored with boulders. |
| Water within this interval, which is moving downward under the influence of gravity, is called vadose water, or gravitational water. |
| The unit contains abundant evidence of subaerial exposure, including caliche crusts, desiccation cracks and vadose cements. |
