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Weinheim Trift Earthcache

Geological site in Alzey-Weinheim

door Lakritz     Duitsland > Rheinland-Pfalz > Alzey-Worms

N 49° 44.417' E 008° 04.340' (WGS84)

 andere coördinaatstelsel
 Grootte: geen behuizing
Status: Beschikbaar
 Benodigde tijd: 0:15 h   Lengte: 0.1 km
 Verborgen op: 23. november 2004
 Listed since: 14. juni 2006
 Laatste verandering: 14. juni 2006
 Listing: https://opencaching.de/OC2042
Ook gepubliceerd op: geocaching.com 

46 Gevonden
1 Niet gevonden
1 Opmerking
3 Volgers
1 Negeerders
620 Bekeken
53 Log pictures
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About 30 million years ago, in the so called oligocene, the valley of Weinheim was a bay on the east coast of a peninsula. In those times the sea had flooded most of the land southwest of Mayence (Mainz) and the climate was much warmer. At the "Trift" you can see what the ground of the sea looked like. The sand has been washed away from the 280 million years old rocks of the nearby shores.
The most common fossils are mussels and snails, which you can see as white objects in the sand wall. There are also remains of fish, especially shark's teeth, bones of manatees, and remains of small animals and plants. In the middle part of the wall there are knot-like structures which are holes, digged by animals like crayfish and worms, and filled up with different material afterwards. In the close-grained sediment you can see clearly U-shaped concentrations of coarse sand and fine gravel, which were made by rays searching for food.

After the sand had settled, lime precipitation came about in certain circumstances and grouted the layers, so they are more likely to weather out.

The "Trift" has attracted geologists and paleontologists for more than 150 years. Many natural history museums have fossils from here. The caves in the lower part of the wall were made in WWII and used as air raid shelter.

To find your way to the "Trift" after your arrival in Weinheim follow the green signs "Naturdenkmal Trift".

Additional note: Please respect the fences that protect the sand walls of the Trift and also the private property (signs saying "Privatgrundstück, betreten verboten!") next to the site. Thank you!

To log this cache as a find, upload a photo of you and your GPSr in front of the sand wall. Logs without appropriate photos will be deleted.

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Logs van Weinheim Trift Earthcache    Gevonden 46x Niet gevonden 1x Opmerking 1x

Gevonden 02. juli 2022, 10:55 DieSchmeiers heeft de cache gevonden

Schöne Gegend. Danke.

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Gevonden 28. april 2022, 10:40 Abahallo heeft de cache gevonden

Very interesting, plus a nice view!  Thanks for showing this place, and for taking care! Greetings from Denmark, Belgium, and Germany! Abahallo!:   Beate & Hermann, TFTC !!! 28. April 2022 10:40

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Gevonden 05. september 2019, 20:32 Muesman heeft de cache gevonden

5. September 2019 15:32
TFTC,
Muesman

Gevonden 28. november 2015 hmpfgnrrr heeft de cache gevonden

Den GC-Earthcache habe ich bereits vor einer halben Ewigkeit gemacht. Heute bin ich im Rahmen der "ars vini"-Letterbox wieder mal hierher gekommen.

TFTC

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Gevonden 28. september 2015 Schadi heeft de cache gevonden

Auf dem Rückweg vom "Küstenweg Rheinhessen" ins Nachtquartier in Alzey kam ich noch an der Weinheimer Trift vorbei und machte die paar Schritte hinauf zu diesem "Virtual Earthcache". Eine beeindruckende Formation, noch dazu von quasi weltweiter Bedeutung. In der einbrechenden Dämmerung konnte ich das gewünschte Bild gerade noch machen.

Danke für den OC-Earthcache!

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