- Adireshin: 7 Moeraki Boulders Road, Hampden 9482, New Zealand;
- Waya : +64 3-439 4827;
- Shafin yanar gizon: www.moerakiboulders.co.nz
Sun ce cewa alloli sun kawo su a bakin tekun - wannan shine yadda 'yan asalin kasar New Zealand ke bayyanawa ga mai ban mamaki yawon bude ido, inda dutsen Moeraki mai ban mamaki ya bayyana. Lalle ne, babu wani abu mai rai wanda zai iya motsa su. Shin ainihin halittu sun halitta su?
Tarihin abin da ya faru
Masana kimiyya sun gaskata cewa wadannan duwatsu sun tashi a zamanin Cenozoic, lokacin Paleocene (shekaru 66-56 da suka wuce). Yawancin dutse ne aka kafa a kan tekun da kuma a cikin kayan. Wannan ya tabbatar da nazarin abun ciki na bukukuwa: yana dauke da isotopes na oxygen, magnesium, iron, da carbon.
Abin da zan gani a New Zealand, haka ne a kan dutsen Moeraki
Manya manyan gine-gine masu tsabta suna kan iyakar kogin Koehoe, wanda ke tsakanin yankunan Hempden da Moeraki. An kira wadannan kwallun dutse don girmama garin Moeraki na kifi.
Yana da ban sha'awa cewa a kan rairayin bakin teku za ku iya zuwa babban adadi (kimanin 100) na dutse. Wadannan kwakwalwa masu ban sha'awa sun kasance a kan bakin teku, tsawon mita 350. Sashe yana kan yashi, wani ɓangare - a cikin teku, daga inda aka gani da ragowar tsaunuka.
Dutsen diamita daga kowane dutse ya bambanta da juna: daga 0.5 m zuwa 2.5 m. Ba zato ba tsammani, yanayin wasu yana da sassauci, yayin da wasu ke rufe da kyawawan dabi'u waɗanda suke kama da harsashi na tsohuwar tudu.
Tabbas, wannan kyakkyawan sha'awa ya janyo hankalin masu masana kimiyya da dama. Alal misali, an yi amfani da dutse tare da taimakon microscopes binciken bincike, da kuma hasken X. An nuna cewa sun ƙunshi laka da yumɓu, wanda aka haɗa ta lissafi, kuma daga yashi. Game da mataki na carburization, yana iya zama a wasu rauni, kuma a wasu ya kai wani alamar waje. An ƙididdige dutsen dutse.
Kuma masanin kimiyya na farko wanda yake sha'awar wannan asalin ban mamaki na New Zealand kuma ya zama Volter Mantell. Da farko a 1848, ya yi nazarin su daki-daki, haɗuwa da shi ƙari da yawa masu bincike, godiya ga abin da dukan duniya ya koya game da ƙwallon Moikaak. A yau, kimanin mutane 100,000 sun ziyarci bakin teku a kowace shekara don ganin duwatsu masu ban mamaki.
Yadda za a samu can?
Mun isa yankin Otago ta hanyar sufuri ko kuma bas din 19, 21, 50 da kai zuwa bakin teku na Koehohe.
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