livioz - Oct 11, 2005 7:07 pm - Voted 10/10
you know...This is the kind of photo I like!
brenta - Oct 12, 2005 2:24 am - Hasn't voted
Limestone?I've always assumed that Marmolada was made of limestone, not dolomite. Have I been wrong all along?
Gangolf Haub - Oct 12, 2005 3:49 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Limestone?Well, I have always thought it was dolomite. But I actually don't know. If you look at the south face you can see the reddish inlays which are so typical of dolomite. But it could be anything else. Unfortunately I don't have a good guidebook with geological info. But Livio has. Maybe he can look it up...
brenta - Oct 12, 2005 9:56 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Limestone?I did a little search. The most reliable source is "Geologia per Alpinisti" (no need to translate, I'm sure) by Silvia Metzeltin, which lists Marmolada as a typical example of limestone in a table of the most common types of rocks.
Marmolada's south face is also known for its slabs that are typical of limestone rather than dolomite. But it may be that things are a bit more complicated than that.
Gangolf Haub - Oct 12, 2005 3:05 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Limestone?Did you know all that? It's a very interesting link. I would place a link on the page but I'm afraid that this is too much for the common SPer to digest. So let's call it limestone :-)
brenta - Oct 12, 2005 3:22 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Limestone?No, I only knew that among climbers Marmolada is famous for its limestone south wall. Sometimes, however, things are complicated and a geology layman like me is always left with the doubt that there's more than meets the eye.
I would add the link to the page, maybe with a disclaimer: "More than you'll ever want to know about Marmolada's geology."
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