Boulders ntawm Moeraki


Lawv hais tias lawv tau coj mus rau ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv los ntawm cov vajtswv - qhov no yog li cas cov neeg pej xeem ntawm New Zealand piav qhia rau cov neeg tuaj ncig tebchaws uasi lom zem, qhov chaw uas tsis txuam nrog Moeraki boulders. Tseeb tiag, tsis muaj sia nyob yuav puas tsuaj lawv. Tiag tiag lawv tau tsim los ntawm niam xwm?

Keeb kwm ntawm tshwm sim

Cov kws tshawb fawb ntseeg tias cov pob zeb no tau tshwm sim hauv Cenozoic era, lub sij hawm Paleocene (66-56 lab lub xyoos dhau los). Feem ntau ntawm cov pob zeb tau tsim ntawm cov nqes dej thiab hauv lub khob. Qhov no qhia qhov kev tshawb fawb ntawm cov khoom sib xyaw: nws muaj cov isotopes ruaj khov ntawm oxygen, magnesium, hlau, thiab carbon.

Yuav pom dab tsi nyob rau hauv New Zealand, yog li nws yog nyob rau ntawm lub pob zeb ntawm Moeraki

Loj, zoo kawg nkaus tus pob zeb loj nyob rau ntawm ntug dej ntawm Koehoe puam, uas yog nyob nruab nrab ntawm qhov kev sib nrauj ntawm Hempden thiab Moeraki. Named cov pob zeb pob zeb nyob rau hauv kev hwm ntawm lub zos nuv ntses ntawm Moeraki.

Nws yog nthuav hais tias nyob rau lub puam koj tuaj yeem tuaj hla tus loj tus naj npawb (txog 100) ntawm pob zeb. Cov pob khoom no tsis yog nyob ntawm tus ntug dej hiav txwv, ntev li ntawm 350 m Ib nrab ntawm cov xuab zeb, ib feem - hauv hiav txwv, uas qhov seem ntawm kev sib faib ntawm lub pob zeb yog pom.

Qhov sib npaug ntawm txhua lub pob zeb txawv ntawm ib leeg: ntawm 0.5 m mus rau 2.5 m Qhov qis, qhov ntawm ib co yog zoo kawg nkaus tus, thaum lwm tus neeg them nrog ntxhib cov qauv uas zoo li lub plhaub ntawm ib qho ancient kab thaus liv.

Twv yuav raug hu, qhov no zoo nkauj attracted thiab attracts kom deb li deb ntawm ntau zaum. Piv txwv, boulders tau kawm nrog kev pab los ntawm electron sojntsuam me, nrog rau X-ray. Nws tau pom tias lawv muaj av nkos thiab av nplaum, txuas los ntawm calcite, thiab los ntawm cov xuab zeb. Raws li rau cov degree ntawm carburization, nws yuav qee tus qaug zog, thiab hauv qee tus nws nce mus txog ib qho cim. Qhov saum npoo ntawm boulders yog calcite.

Thiab thawj tus kws tshawb fawb uas xav paub txog thaj tsam no mysterious ntawm New Zealand thiab rais los ua Volter Mantell. Pib xyoo 1848, nws tau kawm lawv txhua yam, txuas rau ntau tus neeg tshawb fawb, ua tsaug rau lub ntiaj teb tag nrho kawm txog Moikaak npas. Mus txog hnub tim, txog 100 txhiab tus neeg tuaj ncig tebchaws tuaj ncig xyuas lub tshav puam no txhua txhua lub xyoo los mus pom cov pob zeb mysterious.

Yuav ua li cas tau muaj?

Peb mus txog ntawm thaj chaw Otago los ntawm kev ntiag tug lossis tsheb npav 19, 21, 50 thiab lub taub hau ntawm Koehohe puam.