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Aku pergi tempat macam ni
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kalau tengok dari udara, jalur rekahan laut mati sebenarnya adalah satu jalur rendah yg bersambung dengan Teluk Aqaba. Lebih jelas dlm imej dibawah. Jalur yg memisahkan plat Afrika dan Plat Arab ni dipanggil Dead Sea Rift.
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Satu masa dulu Laut Mati ni subur penuh dengan tumbuhan dan haiwan. Lumpur laut mati sangat kaya dengan bahan organik.
Structured Layers, Rich in Organic Life
The entire Dead Sea region is located in the desert belt that runs between North Africa and the Sind Desert in western India. In early geological periods it was rich in water and in animal and plant life, signs of which are found both in the quantity of minerals and in the type and structure of the soil.
Animals whose bones and hard structures were compressed and refined between the limestone strata on the sea floor constitute the source of the layers of phosphoric chalk, important today for industry and agriculture. This organic life, which separated out into various carbonic materials, also constitutes a source for clay and bituminous chalk. Some of these layers are found only after drilling, while others are clearly visible on the surface, indicated by the brown-black color of the crevices and the combustibility of the rock.
The pure sulfur, whose formation is associated with separation of oil into the strata of the Jordan Valley and into hydrogen gas which erupts from the hot springs and various fissures in the ground, was used most effectively by the local inhabitants, among other things, as a means of repelling snakes and at a later stage in the preparation of gunpowder for their weapons.
The Dead Sea area is the richest region of mineral resources in Israel.
Sulfur is also found in the Dead Sea region between the layers of lissan marl and the gypsum formed as a result of the climate. Gypsum (used as a basis for plaster) sometimes attains a height of six meters and more; and has a property of rapid hardening that makes it useful in the construction and casting industries, as well as in sculpture and medicine. |
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Gua di Gunung Soddom di sebelah selatan Laut Mati. |
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Post time 6-8-2010 12:58 AM
