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Are fossils correct to be an earthcache ?


Infra-Blue

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Hey everybody !

 

I'm searching to publish a second earthcache in my area.

This is a place near a river where there is fossils on the ground and where we can see other geological phenomenons.

The place is like this : http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/Pres-etab/CollCassinEloyes/Disciplines/sciences_vie_terre/svt_menus/SVT/cinquieme/sortie_geologie/Photographies_sortie_g%C3%A9ologique_2009.html

People can access free and can even take some stones with fossils (schools around do this every year).

So here is my question : Is it possible to make an earthcache about this fossils place ?

 

Thank you for your attention ! ;)

Infra-Blue

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Should be possible, if there's no similar one nearby yet. Things to focus on in such a cache that come to mind without really thinking much about it:

why are the fossils preserved in the first place here

do they have a predominant orientation like flat on the surface vs chaotically deposited

complete or broken up

one type of fossils or different ones

Is still the original fossil shell present or were the shells dissolved and a new mineral deposited inside the voids?

 

Mrs. terratin

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Hey everybody !

 

I'm searching to publish a second earthcache in my area.

This is a place near a river where there is fossils on the ground and where we can see other geological phenomenons.

The place is like this : http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/Pres-etab/CollCassinEloyes/Disciplines/sciences_vie_terre/svt_menus/SVT/cinquieme/sortie_geologie/Photographies_sortie_g%C3%A9ologique_2009.html

People can access free and can even take some stones with fossils (schools around do this every year).

So here is my question : Is it possible to make an earthcache about this fossils place ?

 

Thank you for your attention ! ;)

Infra-Blue

Looks promising. Under "Acceptable" is listed :

 

Geological materials - Rocks, minerals, fossils, sands, soils, etc.

 

Creating an Earthcache

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So, here is what I decided :

 

In the area, I already made an earthcache on a quarry showing lower triassic (bundsandstein).

It appears that the zone I want to transform into earthcache is middle triassic (mushelkalk).

So the main subject will be on middle triassic and inside the description I will add a part about fossils on the spot.

I think this is better like that.

 

Anyway, thanks for your comments and ideas ! :D

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