Thread: Forest park in Phetchaburi to become geological tourist attraction

Thailand’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment plans to develop the Khao Nang Phanthurat Forest Park in Phetchaburi province into a geological tourist destination, to promote geological study and conservation of natural resources.


Dr. Yuthapol Angkinan, an advisor to the minister of natural resources and environment, said today (Sunday) that geologists from the Department of Mineral Resources have recently found many fossilised marine creatures embedded in the limestone mountain in the park, which are thought to be from about 250 million years ago, during the Permian period.


He said that the fossilised marine creatures include bivalves, single-shell mollusc and corals.


A geological expert, Phoobet Sakha, said the limestone mountain in the forest park was created by the massive accumulation of calcium carbonate sediments, dating back more than 250 million years.


He said that some of the fossilised corals appear like tree branches or horns, called Rugose corals, which became extinct about 250 million years ago.

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Bivalves always bring in the thrill seekers.

You could make a diversion on your next passport run, Mendy.

They are such simpletons in their naivety which as everyone knows is utterly underpinned by a congenital avarice.

Perhaps someone should tell the hapless fool every fucking country in the world is a treasure trove of prehistoric artefacts and fossilised remains.

Fucking idiots, they never let you down with their buffoonery.

that park is a small and rarely visited gem. the climb to the top of the karst peak is a hard 40 minute slog, but the view from the top is well worth the effort. it will be a pity if the place is now filled with visitors looking for silly shells.

^ There's nothing silly about bivalves.

They've occupied an awful lot more of the geological record than humans will ever achieve... at leastt 750 million times more and still counting. And they'll be here a long time after we've departed.

I'm not sure I'll be using up any precious passport run renewal time on them however... they'll always be there.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

Fucking idiots, they never let you down with their buffoonery.

So that is how you think of your wife?

Excellent news!

Originally Posted by Mendip

they'll always be there.

True, but we won't. I suggest we form the TD Birding Group and start with a tour to spot the rare Spoon-billed sandpiper in Phetchaburi, maybe with a fascinating bivalve sidetrip. The possibilities are endless. It could be a long and arduous journey, stopping only briefly for a few days for refreshments along the way.

^ There's a few old fossils for you on Suk Soi 5 Shutree.

I would imagine.

Let nature be.
Stop attempting to incorporate her.

Yeah, once people realise how much they go for....

Originally Posted by HuangLao

Let nature be.
Stop attempting to incorporate her.

When I get there, I plan to suggest to God that He/She reconsiders this part of the grand plan, because it really doesn't seem to be working out all that well:

Genesis 1:26

“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”

Originally Posted by Shutree

When I get there, I plan to suggest to God that...

God?

I thought you were in Isaan?

Originally Posted by cyrille

God?

I thought you were in Isaan?

I'm going the long way round. At least, I hope it's the long way.