Portal de Lorca
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On Sunday May 11 will be held.
7 outreach to inform the geological heritage of our municipal stops will be established.
Attendance is free.
Councilmember Management Recovery after Earthquake Lorca, Satur Martínez, coordinator with the geologist Geolodía 2014, Juan Antonio Lopez, reported this morning that our city will host on Sunday 11th May, the event called " Geolodía of the Region of Murcia. "
It is organized jointly by the City, the Geological Society of Spain and the Association for the Teaching of Earth Sciences (AEPECT) activity, which has become a holiday disclosure of Geology in the the geological community that aims to bring this science to the public.
Note that for this occasion chose a tour around the castle of Lorca are convinced that it will pleasantly surprise all participants because the city has a spectacular and varied geological heritage.
Thus, departing from Spain Square and along a distance of about 2.5 km., Have established a total of 7 stops where geologists from different specialties to give short explanations informative report on the geological processes that have led to the ground on which we settled today.
The route to the alkene registration is required, will be performed freely between 9:00 and 14:00 h.
The total length of the route, including explanations, will be approximately 3 hours and will target public atodo type and any age.
Lorca attendees Geolodía 2014 will see the fault that caused the earthquake of May 11 and understand the tectonic context in which our region is.
They learn to interpret the terrain surrounding Lorcay discover how Serrata saw shows the desiccation of the Mediterranean Sea 6 million years ago.
Understand the unique suffering floods the valley Guadalentin and how these waters infiltrate to feed underground aquifers.
It will also take the opportunity to see the beaches fossils dating back 10 million years, and the fossils contained in the rocks are recognized as well as the materials used to build the Collegiate San Patricio and the iconic columns of the Alameda of the Constitution .'s purpose is to spread knowledge about the geological history of the city and its surroundings, where there are rocks over 200 million years and more recent that have conditioned the customs and usages that the locals have given the soil throughout the history of our city.
And the Geology is a science that has much to teach: geological heritage is part of our cultural heritage.
Geolodía arises from an Aragonese initiative in 2005, since then and progressively, the Geolodía has been established as an activity at the national level to which are added more and more provinces, in fact this year we do a Geolodía set in 50 Spanish provinces.
Geolodía is a journey that opens the gateway to the usual laboratory for geologists, nature.
It is intended to observe "geological eyes" the environment in which our people settle and understand, through the effects on the surface, some of the running processes of the Earth on which we live.
Another important goal of this day is to publicize the work of geologists and what they, as scientists and professionals can contribute to society and their welfare.
It also wants to raise awareness of our geological heritage to raise awareness of the importance and need to protect it is made.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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