tirsdag 5. april 2016

Where on Google Earth #552

Paul presented us with the edge of the Ennedi Plateau, which I readily admit would have been a lot harder to find if I hadn't already examined the area to find a good spot for a WoGE. I would most likely have chosen a spot a bit further south with either more famous arches and pillars, or maybe a paleoclimatic remnant - or maybe I will do that at some future time?

Anyway, here is the new puzzle. And it is a bit of a puzzle, I think. :)







As always, the first person to post the position and whatever is interesting about the geology/hydrology/geowhatever in this location, wins the privilege of hosting the next WoGE.

Previous WoGEs are collected by Felix on 
his blog and a KML file.

6 kommentarer:

  1. Wow, what a mess! I'm glad I'm not the person to draw the geological map of this place.

    SvarSlett
  2. To my humble opinion we are looking at the area that is influenced by Mount Damavand, a volcano in the northern part of Iran among the Alborz Mountains. I assume that we are looking at residues of lava flows and pyroclastic materials from Mount Dmavand that lays on the relics of the Old Damavand, a volcano from an older period. It seems that's why Felix is a happy person not having to draw the geological map of the shown mess. Correct me if I'm wrong. I'm fully aware of the fact that I haven't got the perfect knowledge to be right about these assumptions and therefore don't have to be facts.

    35°21'48.04"N
    52°21'0.34" E

    SvarSlett
  3. I know see the assumptions are not facts because I got the information from a picture shown on a mountain southwest to the area. That picture is tagged as Mount Damavand, so my information is completely wrong. But, hey... I'm a tourist.

    SvarSlett
  4. Correction on the info: the northern part of the Eyvanekey plateau and I think the feature is the Zihab - Garmsar fault line and I guess there a mass of tertiary salt. Shoot me... I surrender.

    SvarSlett
  5. You found the place quickly, and I found the Mt. Damavand picture too. Tourists! :)

    This is a messy accomodation zone between two trust faults. Whether the salt in the area is responsible for "aborting" the trust faults or the two things are unrelated, the result is anyway a spectacular mess of chaotoc deformation. It looks even more impressive on a wider view, but that would make it TOO easy to find.

    SvarSlett
  6. I guess that means it's my turn? Next WoGE on: http://wogepaulvoestermans.blogspot.nl/2016/04/where-on-google-earth-553-ole-led-us.html

    SvarSlett