Castellazzo Erratic Boulder
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Castellazzo Erratic Boulder
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Description
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It is a large sub-rounded rocky block that lies on the grassy clearing enclosed by the ruins of the medieval 'Castrum Capriarum'. It is a typical example of an erratic boulder, i.e. a large stone element that fell by landslide onto the surface of a glacier and was transported by it further downstream, even over distances of kilometres (diagram 1).
Only with this mechanism is it possible to justify the presence of a rock block of a different lithological nature (metagranite) from that of the base and the adjacent slope, which consist of serpentinitic rocks.
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Erratic Boulder
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Items with "Geosite element: Castellazzo Erratic Boulder"
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