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Earthcache "ERRATIC BOULDERS (& PATH)" EARTHCACHE
A  cache by jerom33       Hidden: 4/22/2008  
Size: Size: Not chosen (Not chosen)      Difficulty: 2 out of 5      Terrain: 3.5 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)

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Welcome to Santalahti
The path goes mainly throught the forest lands and seashores of the city of Kotka. The whole route is about 4,5 km long. The route goes throught very variable terrain as bare rocks, forests, seaside and swamps.


Erratic boulders
A Erratic boulders (glacial erratic) is a piece of rock that deviates from the size and type of rock native to the area in which it rests; the name "erratic" is based on the errant location of these boulders. These rocks were carried to their current locations by glacial ice, often over hundreds of kilometres. Erratics can range in size from pebbles to large boulders (more than tousands tons).

Geologists identify erratics by studying the rocks surrounding the position of the erratic and the composition of the erratic itself. Erratics were once considered evidence of a massive flood approximately 10,000 years ago, similar to the legendary floods described in the texts of ancient civilizations throughout the world.

In the 19th Century, many scientists came to favor erratics as evidence for the end of the last glacial maximum (ice age) 10´000 years ago, rather than a flood. Geologists have suggested that landslides or rockfalls initially dropped the rocks on top of glacial ice. The glaciers continued to move, carrying the rocks with them. When the ice melted, the erratics were left in their present locations.

In Kotka area there are a lot of erratic boulder who were moved by glacial ice. This kind of boulder has polished the sharpest edges. But Kotka´s boulder didn't travel long way. Glacial ice moved them even dozens of kilometres. Material of erratic and local rock is same type of granite respectively Rapakivi granite.

Rapakivi granite
is a hornblende-biotite granite containing large rounded crystals of orthoclase mantled with oligoclase. The name has come to be used most frequently as a textural term where it implies plagioclase rims around orthoclase in plutonic rocks. Rapakivi is Finnish for "crumbly rock", because the different heat expansion coefficients of the component minerals make exposed rapakivi crumbly. Rapakivi is a fairly uncommon type of granite.


Rapakivi granite

Other location in the World: North and South America, parts of the Baltic Shield, southern Greenland, southern Africa, India and China.
Erratic boulders are very common in the Kotka area.


For the valid "cache found" log:
  1. you have to upload a photo of:
    1. a typical example of erratic boulder on the stop 24;
    2. you with GPS on the rocky shore;
    3. particular of rapakivi granite (for example on the stop 16).
  2. And send me via profile e-mail answers to these questions:
    1. GPS coordinates of "your" boulder;
    2. estimate his weight;
    3. how long was most recent ice age and when ended.

In supplement there is appended listing in [FR], [DE] and [FI].


[FI] by Ms. Irina Popenko
Tervetuloa Santalahtiin
Reitti kulkee pääasiassa metsän kautta ja merenrannalla Kotkan kaupungilla. Reitin pituus on noin 4,5 km. Reitti on asettu oikein vaihtelevalla maapohjalla kuin paljakset kalliot, metsät, merenrannikko ja suo.

Epävakaa kivenjärkäle
Epävakaa lohkare (jäinen epävakaa) on osa kalliosta joka vaihtaa kokon ja tyyppin paikkan riippuessa. "Epävakaa" (erratic) nimi merkitsee niiden lohkaren sijainti. Ne kalliot ovat vieneet nykyiseen sijanniin jäin takia, usein ne ovat levittäneet yli satoja kilometria. Kivet vaihtelevat kokot nupulalta suurin lohkareen (yli kuin tuhatta tonnia).

Geologit identifioivat lohkaret lohkaren ympäristön tutkimuksen tekemässä ja epävakaa kivien kokoelman. Niita kiveja ovat tunnustuivat aiemmin jykevän tulvan todistuksen noin 10,000 vuotta sitten, sama kuin legendaariset tulvat, jotka ovat kuvailleet tekstissamuinisesta kultturista ympäri maailma.

19 -vuosisadassa monta tutkijoita päättivät, että se on enemmän jääkauden todistus vain tulvan. Geologit ehdottivat maanviremä ja kallion romahdus alkuaan tipahtuivat kalliot jääkauden huippussa. Kun jää jatkoi siirtyä, se kantoi kalliot samassa aikassa. Jää on sulanut ja epävakaa lohkaret jaivat tämähetkisessa sijannissa.

Kotkassa on monta epävakaa lohkareita, jotka ovat vieneet jäin takia. Tämä lohkaren laji on kiillotettu teräviä reunoja. Mutta kotkalaisia lohkareita eivat matkustaneet pitkän tien. Jää siirtyi niitä vain tusinan kilometrin päin. Epävakaa kiven ja paikallisen kallion aine on sama tyyppinen kuin graniitti tai Rapakiven graniitti.

Rapakiven graniitti
On hornblendiitti joka sisältää suuri pyöristetty ortoklaasiset kristallit. Nimi on käytetty iseimmiten rakenteelliseksi termiksi jossa se merkitsee plagioklaasisia reunoja ortoklaasisen ympärillä plutonisessa kallioissa. Rapakivi suomeksi on"raikas kallio" koska mineralisten komponnentien lukumäärät erilaisessa lämpötilan laajennuksessa asetti rapakiven murenevaksi. Itse asiassa rapakivi on epätavallinen graniittin tyyppi.

Muut sijannit maailmassa: Pohja ja Etelä America, osat itämeren suojalta, eteläinen Grönlanti, eteläinen Africa, Intia ja Kiina.
Epävakaiset lohkaret ovat tavallisia Kotkassa.

"Aarren löytämiseen" tarvitset:

  1. Ladata kuvan:
    1. tyyppinen esimerkki epävakaisesta lohkaresta on pyysäkilla 24;
    2. olet GPS systemin kanssa kallioisella rannikkolla;
    3. erityisesti rapakivi graniitti (esim. pysäkilla 16).
  2. Lähettää minulle sähköpostitse vastaukset seuravista kysymyksistä:
    1. GPS koordinattit sinun lohkaresta;
    2. arvioi sen paino;
    3. kuinka kauan kesti äskeinen jääkausi ja millon se loppui.

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Rapakivi granite

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Cache Logs
 November 1 by wento (186 found)
Nice walking and picnic in fresh autumn weather. We have walked the path many times before, but it was worth of visit again. TFTC!

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Erratic boulder
O and gps on the rocky shore
Rapakivi

 August 23 by tuota (1298 found)
Luckily there was a professional photographer who took some photos of me :D I will add the photos soon. I went the path with sandals :) One time I got lost because i didn't notice the white spots. Thank you I like eath cache that are quite few in finland. This was still my first in finland but it was nice doing eath caches in teneriffa.

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Ranta oli hianoo
Rapakivi
Iso murikka
JA vielä toinen

 July 19 by seilori (126 found)
Tuli sitten kierettyä kuutaren kanssa luontopolku hienona ja aurinkoisena päivänä! KK

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 July 19 by kuutar (680 found)
Tämä tuli haettua samalla seilorin kanssa kun oltiin multia etsimässä. Upeat maisemat ja todella lämmin päivä. Hieman nahkakin kärähti kun kiersimme luontopolulla.

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Hyvinkin epävakaa lohkare
Rapakivi
Minä ja gepsini

 July 8 by baflobill (166 found)
During a month of cycling in Finland, we also did so caches along the way. This was one of them.

Thanks for showing us this lovely spot! It is a pity the signs along the route were only in Finnish so we did not understand at all what was on the...

No trade.

The gang of Baflo Bill from the Netherlands
(Hans and Saskia)

#147

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Us with the GPS along the shore
Detail chippings
My erratic boulder


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Current time: 11/21/2009 9:57:12 PM
Last Updated: 11/1/2009 4:04:04 PM
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