Oil and Gas
A Legacy Cache sponsored by garlic gulpers
When people think of the bad lands they think of
dinosaurs....well you can also think of oil and gas deposits. Oil
and gas is another thing that Alberta is known for and is a huge
part of our economy. Oil and gas doesnt come from the dinosaur
remains, deposits are really remnants of ancient muddy swamps. Dead
plants accumulate, and, over time, pressure turns the mud and dead
plants into rock. Geologists call the once-living matter in the
rock kerogen. Earth’s internal heat cooks the kerogen. The
hotter it gets, the faster it becomes oil, gas, or coal. If the
heat continues for long enough after oil forms, all the oil might
become gas. The oil and gas then creeps through cracks in the
rocks. Much is lost. We find oil and gas today because some
happened to become trapped in porous, sponge-like rock layers
capped by non-porous rocks. Fossil fuel experts call this
arrangement a reservoir.
This cache is part of the Legacy Trail produced by the Canadian
Badlands Geocaching Association for the Best of the Bad Mega
Event.
The Legacy Trail
The Legacy Trail is a collection of geocaches that circles
itsway over 100 miles on country roads traversing some of the
mostscenic and spectacular landscape in this part of the Canadian
Badlands. A large number of caches in a variety of types, sizes and
difficulty are placed on the Trail. Every town, village and
hamletin the Canadian Badlands has its own cache. Some caches were
named after local historic events and people, as well as
celebrities who grew up in this area. Some caches were sponsored by
geocachers who attended the Best of the Bad Mega Event. The Legacy
Trail was produced by the Canadian Badlands Geocaching Association
for the Best of the Bad Mega Event.
The Canadian Badlands
The Canadian Badlands in Alberta are home to the world's most
extensive dinosaur bone beds, badlands and hoodoos, and a
world-class museum that shelters a 75 million-year-old legacy. The
region is rich in culturally and and a complex and diverse modern
society that is still deeply rooted in the spirit of the
frontier.
