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Lipovany Sandstones Traditional Cache

Hidden : 8/6/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Obrazok prebraty z lipovany.sk / Image taken from lipovany.sk

SK:

Pred 20 milionmi rokov sa niekde v tychto miestach nachadzalo pobrezie pravekeho mora. Pocas vekov sa na jeho dne usadzoval piesok a v nom zvysky zivocichov - ulity, lastury, zralocie zuby. Ked more ustupilo, pieskove nanosy sa casom spevnovali a vytvarali pieskovcove vrstvy. V miestach, kde bola vacsia koncentracia lastur, sa z nich vyluhoval vapnik a spevnoval okolity pieskovec.

Praveka historia opat ozila, ked boli tieto vrstvy odhalene pri tazbe piesku. V pieskovni pri Lipovanoch bolo najdenych mnoho zvyskov pravekych vodnych zivocichov a zralocich zubov. Odkryte boli aj gulovite utvary z tvrdsieho pieskovca, vzniknute spevnenim vapnikom.

Dnes sa v tychto miestach uz piesok netazi, lokalita je chranena a pristupna vsetkym, ktori maju zaujem o geologiu. Bohuzial spodna pieskovcova lavica, kde by sa mali nachadzat zvysky zivocichov, je vacsinou zasypana erodovanym pieskom z vyssich vrstiev a iba raz za par rokov je vycistena. Ak nenajdete v odkrytom profile ziadneho pravekeho lasturnika, odporucam pozriet si kamene, na ktorych su polozene tunajsie lavicky.

Keska je umiestnena necelych 200 m po ceste za odkryvom. Ak pojdete od Lipovian, profil urcite neminiete.

Zdroje: Geosprievodca, ...

Datum poslednej zmeny: 29. oktobra 2011

EN:

20 million years ago, somewhere around here was the shore of the prehistoric sea. The sand was sedimenting on the bottom and contained remains of water animals – shells, scallops, shark teeth. After the sea had given way to the land, the sand sediments were hardening to form sandstone beds. In places where scallop concentration was high, their calcium was leaching into the sand to form harder sandstone.

The prehistory came back to life when the sandstone beds were uncovered by sand mining. In the Lipovany sand mine, a lot of prehistoric animal remains were found. The spheres of harder sandstone, developed by calcium infusion, were also uncovered.

Nowadays, the sand is no longer being mined here. The areal is protected and accesible to everyone interested in geology. Unfortunately, the lowest sandstone bed with all the fossils visible is usually covered by eroded sand from the higher layers and is cleaned just once in several years. If you can’t find any shell or scallop in the sandstone profile, I recommend to have a look at the foundation stones of the local benches.

The cache is placed some 200 m from the outcrop, up along the road. If you are coming from the village, you surely won't miss the profile.

Last modification date: 29 October 2011

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[SK] cenpuavil cavx [EN] fznyy ebggra fghzc

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)