Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Cave system discovered under Montreal
Cave system discovered under Montreal
#1
This is so cool... We've known for decades that there are caves under Montréal, but another set has been found!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/multimedia/explor...-1.4431920

And it's down at the level of the top of the local aquifer:
[Image: aquifer-montreal-cave.JPG]
--
Rob Kelk

Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown
Reply
RE: Cave system discovered under Montreal
#2
Looking at what appear to be 90° angles where the walls join a mostly-flat ceiling, it seems more like a human-made tunnel than a natural cave to me.  Are they sure no one was down there before, shaping it?
-----
"The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that this was some killer weed."
Reply
RE: Cave system discovered under Montreal
#3
Pretty sure, yes. Montreal's in the middle of the part of North America often covered by ice during ice ages - sedimentary rocks tend to be put down in layers that way. The nearly 90° angles are also caused by the most recent Ice Age - look up "glacial tectonism" (and, if you aren't a geologist, be prepared to spend hours figuring out what they're talking about).
--
Rob Kelk

Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown
Reply
RE: Cave system discovered under Montreal
#4
I'm surprised it's snowing inside the cave.

Oh, wait, never mind.
"Kitto daijoubu da yo." - Sakura Kinomoto
Reply
RE: Cave system discovered under Montreal
#5
Yeah, c'mon - it's Canada. Smile
--
Rob Kelk

Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown
Reply


Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)