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Archive for June 23rd, 2007

Canadian Cavers explore a tunnel in solid marble

2007pictures 098, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
So very unlike the province’s limestone and dolostone - marble has an entirely different feel - wearing differently and looking different. Most immediatly noticeable are the flowing striations - a telltale clue as to the rock’s metamorphic past.
In the above photo Donald of [...]

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What on earth is behind the tunnel blockage ?

IMG_6794, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Well - not quite but the strange stoppage at the end of the tunnel kind of reminds me of pictures that I have seen of Castleguard Cave’s terminus beneath a glacier.
Here Jeff poses at the end of the tunnel - just a short [...]

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