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Discover the amazing geological history of the Giant's Causeway, a natural wonder of hexagonal basalt columns in Northern Ireland. This article is part of the sciencefocusexplains series, where you can learn more about the world around you.
The Giant's Causeway, “steps” of hexagonal basalt columns formed by the rapid cooling of lava upon contact with the sea, Northern Ireland. (more) Formed 50 to 60 million years ago, during the Paleogene Period, the Giant’s Causeway resulted from successive flows of lava inching toward the coast and cooling when they contacted the sea.
Now, as Hannah Devlin reports for The Guardian, scientists have figured out the answer: the Giant’s Causeway (and other similar formations) formed at temperatures between 1,544 and 1,634...
The Giant's Causeway (Irish: Clochán an Aifir) is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills.. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986 and a national nature reserve by the Department ...
13 de abr. de 2018 · The Mystery of The Strange 'Giant's Causeway' Has Been Solved. For the first time, scientists have managed to reproduce the chemical processes that build those awesome geometric columns out of volcanic rock – one famous example being the Giant's Causeway on the coast of Northern Ireland. The polygonal columns form as hot magma cools and ...
25 de feb. de 2014 · According to Irish legend, the Giant’s Causeway was built—appropriately enough—by a giant. Far back in ancient times, the Irish giant Fionn mac Cumhail (or Finn McCool, if you got an A on your Joyce paper in college) was challenged to a fight by the Scottish giant Benandonner, which is the kind of thing giants used to do back then.
12 de abr. de 2018 · The Giant's Causeway is comprised of around 40,000 interlocking basalt columns that resemble a footpath. Irish mythology holds that it was part of a bridge between Ireland and Scotland created so ...
