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Solution Pipes (Moore River) EarthCache

Hidden : 9/6/2014
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

What you should learn

  • What the formations are. 
  • How they formed. 
  • How old they are.

 


Solution Pipes

Solution pipes are tubes that were formed between 3 years ago and 100 years ago at this location. They are formed when water seeps down through the the dunes and dissolves the lime in it, sticking the sand around it together. Over years the sand and undissolved lime was blown away causing the pipes to stick up out of the sand. This whole area around GZ is covered in solution pipe's, in all different sizes. Some of the pipes can be seen broken off while others go further in to the ground making snapping off almost impossible. The smaller pipes dissolve very quickly in water, as the lime (acting like glue) dissolves and shell and rock grit fall apart.

 

Logging Tasks

In an email put in the heading Solution Pipes (Moore River) GC5CERF....... in the body include all the answers to compulsory tasks. As soon as you have done this you are free to log the cache, i will contact you if there are any issues.

Compulsory Tasks

  • State how large the largest and smallest (in diameter) Solution Pipes were
  • Take an ALREADY BROKEN OFF SOLUTION PIPE too waypoint 1 and state the diameter and how long it took to dissolve
  • State whether you think the Solution pipes will wear away or stay here
  • Give reasons why

 

Optional Task

Please post some photos and make your log intresting no TFTC, TFTH, COOL, nice place these logs do not give any feed back, which is the reason we have the online logs.

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