- Idilesi: 7 iMoeraki Boulders Road, Hampden 9482, eNew Zealand;
- Ifowuni : +64 3-439 4827;
- Iwebhusayithi esemthethweni: www.moerakiboulders.co.nz
Bathi baziswa kummandla wonxweme ngaba oothixo - oku kubangelwa ukuba abantu abemi baseNew Zealand bavakalise ukhenketho onobuchule, apho i-Moeraki eyimfihlakalo ibonakala khona. Enyanisweni, akukho nto ephilayo eya kubakhokelela. Ngaba ngokwenene zadalwa ngumama kamama?
Imbali yokuvela
Oososayensi bakholelwa ukuba la matye aphakama kwixesha leCenozoic, ixesha lePaleocene (iminyaka eyi-66-56 yezigidi edlulileyo). Uninzi lwamatye lwakhiwa elwandle nolwandle. Oku kuqinisekisa ukufundwa kweebhola: iqukethe isotop ezinzile zomoya, i-magnesium, isinyithi kunye nekhabhoni.
Yintoni enokuyibona kwi-New Zealand, ngoko kusematyeni kaMoeraki
Iimitha ezinkulu, ezipholileyo ziphezu kolwandle lwaseKoehoe, oluphakathi kweendawo zokuhlala zeHempden kunye neMeraki. Uthiwa ezi bhola zamatye ngenxa yendawo yokuloba yaseMoeraki.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuba elunxwemeni ungayifumana inamba enkulu (malunga ne-100) yamatye. Ezi iibhola ezingaqondakali zifumaneka ecaleni lomda, ubude bee-350 m. Ingxenye isesanti, inxalenye - elwandle, apho kuvela khona iindawo ezihlala kuyo.
Ububanzi belilitye ngalinye lihluke omnye komnye: ukusuka kwi-0.5 m ukuya kwi-2.5 m. Ngokungaqhelekanga, umgangatho wendawo uhamba kakuhle, ngelixa ezinye zihlanganiswe ngamaphethini aqhelekileyo afana negobolondo yodlaphu lwangaphambili.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, lobu bumnandi bethandwa kwaye bethande kakhulu ingqalelo kwiinkoliso ezininzi. Ngokomzekelo, iifayili zafundiswa ngoncedo lwe-electron probe microscopes, kwakunye ne-X-ray. Kwaboniswa ukuba iqukethe udaka nodongwe, ixhunywe yi-calcite, kwaye ivela kwisanti. Ngokubhekiselele kumgangatho wokungcebeleka, mhlawumbi ungabuthathaka, kwaye kwezinye ifikelele kumanqaku angaphandle. Ummandla wamatyewa yi-calcite.
Kwaye yinto yokuqala yenzululwazi eyayinomdla kulo mhlaba ocacileyo waseNew Zealand waza waba nguVolter Mantell. Ukususela ngo-1848, wabafundela ngokubanzi, edibanisa nabaphandi abaninzi, ngenxa yokuba ihlabathi lonke lifunde ngeebhola zeMoikaak. Kuze kube namhlanje, malunga ne-100 lamawaka abakhenkethi ba tyelela olu lolwandle rhoqo ngonyaka ukuze babone amatye angamangalisa.
Ndingafika njani?
Sifike kwindawo yase-Otago ngothutho lwabucala okanye ngebhasi uNombolo 19, 21, 50 kunye nentloko ukuya e-Koehohe.
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