TO mark this coming Thursday's International Day of the Earth, geologists will be giving a free guided tour around the Bay of Palma this Sunday, to explain the last 6 million years of life on Majorca.
Organisers of the event, the department of Climate Change and the Environment, said that a total of 36 Spanish provinces will be taking part in Geolodia 10 - a day devoted to geology. The tour has been arranged in collaboration with the Spanish Institute for Geology and Mining (IGME), the Balearic Association of Geologists and the Spanish Geological Society (SGE).
The experts are suggesting a walk starting out at 9.30am from Paseo de Cala Gamba, in front of the Sant Joan de Deu Hospital where a talk will be given on the relations between climate change of the past 200'000 years and coastal sediment deposits. The most recent geology of the island reveals huge fossil dunes- remains of marine creatures which were once common around the islands. At the other end of the Bay of Palma close to San Carlos castle, walkers will then be able to see rocks dating back 6 million years, stemming from the period when the once dry ocean bed of the Mediterranean filled with water. Those wanting to attend the excursion, with commentary in English, German, Spanish and Catalan should reserve a place at the Balearic office of the IGME.
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