The Geology of the prehistoric scenes (Or a painters guide to the bases). |
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| I figured it's about time someone tried to unravel the Geology implied by the Aurora Prehistoric scenes dioramas. Partly because it might be useful in producing more convincing paint jobs, but mostly as a bit of utterly frivolous fun. |
| The main bases. I think there are five key bases for working out the Geology. These are the bases which I think have geologically significant information, but please search the site and see if other bases could help. If you look at the bottom of this page you'll see how the bases lock together. If you can work out the geology of each base and then concost a convincing theory as to how the present geology arose, I'd love to hear it and the best and most convincing would be published here. So geological sections, timelinse, and maps would be most welcome. Please remember that the bases were made by a model company, not geologists and aren't going to be anything in particular. So its up to someone else to find a best fit! |
| I've added a few notes on what I think the rock types are. As soon as I can I'll add a few links to websites with images of those sort of rocks. I'm also preparing a geological map, which may be up by September. |
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| The main bases are; The Flying Reptile, Tar Pit, Sail Back Reptile, Cave, Woolly Mammoth, Allosaurus and Armored dinosaur. |
| The Pteranodon base seems most like a lump of granite, or possibly another igneous intrusive rock, perhaps a Dolerite. |
| The Mammoth base could be interpreted as a metomorphic slate, showing several clevage plains, although it could also be a very thinly layered limestone or shale.Information on slate |
| Pteranodon base |
| Mammoth base |
| A view of the linked bases. |
| Cave |
| Tar Pit |
| The Cave base must surely be a limestone. Link to french cave, with paintings by ancient man |
| Ankylosaurus and Allosaurus base |
| The Ankylosaurus and Allosaurus base looks like a typical basic volcano of the sort seen on Hawaii or in Iceland. Red runny lava, which solidifies black/metal grey. Volcanoes |
| The Dimetrodon base looks like another regular limestone, with jointing. |
| Dimetrodon base |
| The Tar Pit base will simply be a normal earth and grass base, with the tar coming form oil rocks beneath the ground. An explanation of Tar Pits |