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It's sedimentary rock so therefore it was
> certainly at some time a soft sediment.

> Can't argue with that, lol.


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Yes, for tracks made in soft sediment to be
> preserved, just like Dino tracks, it's necessary
> for the layer to be covered over and eventually
> eroded away revealing the exposed fossils.
> That's how fossilisation works.

> Indeed it is.
> I sort of get the idea I'm being patronized here,
> haha. Was it something I said?

Lol no.. Just working it through..

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The Turkish tracks when viewed from the air
> are on an area of exposed sedimentary rock which
> is surrounded by layers and topsoil. The tracks
> continue on under these layers.
> In Malta and Turkey among others, we may be just
> seeing localised areas where nature has
> fortuitously revealed the tracks for us to observe
> today.
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> The precise geological mechanism by which this
> occurred is a matter for debate.

> Absolutely. I was offering my opinion on how it
> might have happened. The distinct lack of layering
> in the limestone in which the tracks are laid is a
> tell-tale sign of catastrophic deposition.

Can't argue with that..

I might have read somewhere that the Turkish variety are in hardened volcanic ash.
Just a different kind of rapid deposition.

Comparing it with modern stuff, nature of the depression, most on one course but with random micro course changes, crosses and turnouts, in pairs.

Wait for it !

A Ski Resort! Lol







Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09-Nov-17 08:14 by Jon Ellison.