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Meteorito: Pantasma Meteorito, Nicaragua
Pantasma Tourist Project, Nicaragua
By Rolando Tellez
Two things are essential to make
Pantasma an international tourist destination: Protection of the environment
and the Rolando Tellez Rock Museum in Pantasma, Nicaragua. A joint effort is
required for this untapped potential of this Meteorite Crater in northern
Nicaragua.
My 2009 newspaper article included the
idea of building a museum of beautiful rocks, which are found in Pantasma, Jinotega.
These rocks and artifacts should be collected, classified, and protected by the
Mayor's Office of Pantasma. However, the Mayor´s Office has technical and financial
constraints. For this reason, a community effort is required to collect such
rocks.
I suggested that the Mayor's Office must
guarantee that every community member who has lent his/her rock(s), may
withdraw such rocks at any time. Every participating community member must have
gotten a guarantee certificate for the rocks lent to the Mayor's Office. A big
collection of such rocks at a kiosk and later a museum will be an interesting
tourist attraction.
On the other hand, local authorities
such as INAFOR and MARENA, along with the Mayor's Office, must forbid cutting
down trees, burns, and garbage thrown into rivers, creeks, streets, or roads.
Also, I have made recommendations regarding the collection of rocks.
The book titled Meteorite, Pantasma
Crater, Meteorite Impact and other bilingual books of Nicaragua are available
at the Mayor´s Office. If you are interested in doing your bit, promoting this
beautiful rural site, Pantasma, make sure you share this article with your
social networks. For further information, you can e-mail me at Rolando2@fulbrightmail.org
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Pantasma Meteorito, Nicaragua
Meteorito de Pantasma
Rolando Ernesto Téllez
Pantasma se localiza en una
región volcánica antigua en latitud 13o22´N y 85o57´O al
norte de Nicaragua, en Centro América. El río Pantasma atraviesa de norte a sur
todo el cráter de impacto meteorito. Mapas geológicos de la zona indican que la
estructura se formó como resultado de los flujos volcánicos en el oligoceno de
la formación Matagalpa. Por otro lado, la formación Coyol se relaciona
principalmente a flujos basálticos que aparecen en el sur de la estructura de
Pantasma.
La identificación de la
estructura de impacto en Pantasma no fue fácil debido a los pocos estudios de
campo, la difícil accesibilidad, es decir, el camino de tierra de Jinotega a
Pantasma, la zona montañosa que cubre el cráter y la geomorfología joven y
compleja principalmente debido a la actividad volcánica.
Después las investigaciones
hechas con imágenes de satélite del doctor Kowald en el año 2006 y de la visita
de tres días del grupo del entonces grupo de ASTRONIC, de la cual fui miembro,
en el año 2009. Su servidor siguió recolectando muestras en Pantasma y enviando
algunas al exterior para su examen.
El fenómeno que creó el
cráter en Pantasma, no fue presenciado por los seres humanos que todavía no
existían en esa época, los estudios de datación indican que el impacto ocurrió
hace unos 800,000 años.
Además, una investigación sugirió
que las tektitas de Belice podrían haberse originado del gran impacto en la
estructura de Pantasma (Ver mapa a continuación). Al examinar esas tektitas, se
determinó su edad en unos 777,000 años (Povenmire et al 2011).
Varios científicos, al
igual que su servidor, han sugerido seguir investigando la estructura cóncava
de Pantasma, es decir, buscar las rocas testigos, es decir, tektitas, conos
astillados, vidrio negro de impacto. Dichos estudios se podrán realizar con la
cooperación de los lugareños y las
autoridades.
Científico Rolando Tellez
Rolando2@fulbrightmail.org
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Pantasma Tourist Project, Nicaragua
By Rolando Tellez
Two things are essential to make Pantasma an
international tourist destination: Protection of the environment and the
Rolando Tellez Rock Museum in Pantasma, Nicaragua. A joint effort is required for
this untapped potential of this Meteorite Crater in northern Nicaragua.
My 2009 newspaper article included the idea of
building a museum of beautiful rocks, which are found in Pantasma, Jinotega. These
rocks and artifacts should be collected, classified, and protected by the
Mayor's Office of Pantasma. However, the Mayor´s Office has technical and financial
constraints. For this reason, a community effort is required to collect such
rocks.
I suggested that the Mayor's Office must guarantee
that every community member who has lent his/her rock(s), may withdraw such
rocks at any time. Every participating community member must have gotten a
guarantee certificate for the rocks lent to the Mayor's Office. A big
collection of such rocks at a kiosk and later a museum will be an interesting
tourist attraction.
On the other hand, local authorities such as INAFOR
and MARENA, along with the Mayor's Office, must forbid cutting down trees,
burns, and garbage thrown into rivers, creeks, streets, or roads. Also, I have
made recommendations regarding the collection of rocks.
The book titled Meteorite, Pantasma Crater, Meteorite
Impact and other bilingual books of
Nicaragua are available at the Mayor´s
Office. If you are interested in doing your bit, promoting this beautiful rural
site, Pantasma, make sure you share this article with your social networks. For
further information, you can e-mail me at Rolando2@fulbrightmail.org
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