GC12F8G Barking up the right tree (Traditional Cache) in California, United States created by Geo

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GC12F8G ▼

A cache by Geo_cats Message this owner

Hidden : 4/26/2007

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is on the Reservoir Canyon trail. This is a lovely, easy trail along a heavily wooded stream.

Park at the end of Reservoir Canyon Road at the trailhead. Take the trail to the right of the road if you want to check out the small waterfalls. Or head up to the end of the road to catch the trail heading upstream. A note of warning. Like many trails in this area, poison oak is prevalent. In fact, it grows pretty heavy in some areas, especially near the trailhead. So watch out! All along the trail you will see seams of serpentine rock. Serpentinite is California's state rock. It is composed almost exclusively of minerals of the serpentine group, which forms from the alteration of oceanic mantle rocks. Serpentine rock is apple-green to black and is often mottled with light and dark colored areas. Its surfaces often have a shiny or wax-like appearance and a slightly soapy feel. Serpentine is usually fine-grained and compact but may be granular, platy, or fibrous in appearance. The term "serpentine" is commonly used by the general public to refer to the rock type that geologists call "serpentinite." Serpentine occurs in central and northern California -- in the Coast Ranges, the Klamath Mountains, and in the Sierra Nevada foothills. It happens that northern California's Coast Ranges are full of just that kind of material, carried by plate motions against the North American plate and obducted onto the continent, where the delicate rock type is preserved. These seafloor rocks were kneaded by both the horizontal compression due to subduction and the horizontal elongation due to movement along the San Andreas fault system. The Franciscan Complex is what resulted, a challenging problem for generations of western geologists. Only with the advent of plate tectonics did the story of this rock become clear. Serpentinite can contain chrysotile, the serpentine mineral that crystallizes in long, thin fibers. This is the mineral commonly known as asbestos.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qba'g lbh ungr vg jura lbh unir gb qrplcure n ybat pyhr jura vg pbhyq unir orra fnvq va n jbeq be gjb? Gerr ubyr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)