Boulders of Moeraki


Vanotaura kuti vakaunzwa kumhenderekedzo nevanamwari - uku ndiko kuti vanhu vomunharaunda yeNew Zealand vanotsanangurwa sei kune vanofambira mune ruzivo, uko kwakananga Moeraki mabwe akaonekwa. Zvechokwadi, hapana chinhu chinorarama chingavafambisa. Chaizvoizvo zvakasikwa nemaitiro eamai?

Nhoroondo yezvinoitika

Masayendisiti anotenda kuti mabwe awa akasimuka muCenozoic era, nguva yePaleocene (makore 66-56 emakore akapfuura). Mazhinji ematombo akaumbwa pamhenderekedzo yegungwa uye mumhepo. Izvi zvinoratidza kuti kuongorora kwekugadzirwa kwebhora: inogadzikana isotopes ye oksijeni, magnesium, iron, uye carbon.

Zvichazoona muNew Zealand, saka zviri pamatombo eMoeraki

Makomo makuru, akanyatsogadzika ari pamhenderekedzo yeKoehoe beach, iyo iri pakati pemisha yeHempden neMoera. Anonzi aya mabhora ematombo mukuremekedza musha wekurovedza weMoeraki.

Zvinonakidza kuti pamahombekombe unogona kuwana nhamba huru (inenge zana) yematombo. Iyi mipira isinganzwisisiki iri pedyo nemhenderekedzo yegungwa, kureba kwemasendimita 350. Chikamu chiri pajecha, chikamu-mugungwa, kubva pane zvakasara zvezvidimbu zvinoparadzaniswa zvinoonekwa.

Iyo yakareba ibwe rimwe nerimwe rinopesana kubva kune imwe: kubva kune mamiriyoni 0.5 kusvika ku 2.5 m. Zvisingaverengeki, nzvimbo yevamwe yakanyatsonaka, asi dzimwe dzakafukidzirwa nemararamiro akaoma anotaridzika sehomwe yehuto rekare.

Pasina mubvunzo, kunaka uku kunokwezva uye kunokwezva kusvika iye zvino vakawanda vanoziva masayendisiti. Semuenzaniso, mabwe akadzidzwa nekubatsirwa kwe electron probe microscopes, pamwe ne X-rays. Yakaratidzwa kuti inosanganisira matope uye ivhu, yakabatana ne calcite, uyewo kubva kunejecha. Kana iri yeshoko rekugadzirisa, rinogona kunge riri mune imwe simba, uye mune imwe inosvika kune imwe kunze. Nzvimbo yeboulders is calcite.

Uye muchengeti wekutanga wekutanga uyo aifarira chiitiko ichi chisingazivikanwi cheNew Zealand ndokuva Volter Mantell. Kutanga muna 1848, akaidzidza zvakadzama, achibatanidza nayo nekuwedzera vatsvakurudzi, nekuda kwekuti nyika yose yakadzidza pamusoro pemabhora eMoikaak. Kusvika iye zvino, vanenge 100 000 vatashanyi vanoshanyira gungwa iri gore negore kuti vaone mabwe asinganzwisisiki.

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Tinoenda kunharaunda yeOgago nekutakura tiri voga kana nebhazi Nhamba 19, 21, 50 uye kuenda kuKohehe beach.