Zelle Manzano
Fossil Shell Beach
Ban Laem Pho
Krabi, Thailand
The Fossil Shell Beach is in the vicinity of Hat Noppharat Thara - Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park. It features limestone slabs formed from various types of embedded mollusks. There exists only two other similar sites in the world, one in the US and another in Japan. The age of the fossils at this beach is placed at about 40 million years ago. At that time, Susaan Hoi (Fossil Shell Beach) was a large freshwater swamp. Eventually, it became a landmass. Over time, successive layers of shells created rock slabs known as the "shelly limestone" of over 40 cm. These rest on 10 centimetres of lignite, below which was subsoil. Due to geographic upheaval, this shelly limestone at Susaan Hoi is now distributed in great broken sheets on the seashore at Laem Pho. They look like broken chunks of cement flooring from afar.
Reference: www.krabi-tourism.com/krabi/susanhoi.htm
Fossil Shell Beach
Ban Laem Pho
Krabi, Thailand
The Fossil Shell Beach is in the vicinity of Hat Noppharat Thara - Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park. It features limestone slabs formed from various types of embedded mollusks. There exists only two other similar sites in the world, one in the US and another in Japan. The age of the fossils at this beach is placed at about 40 million years ago. At that time, Susaan Hoi (Fossil Shell Beach) was a large freshwater swamp. Eventually, it became a landmass. Over time, successive layers of shells created rock slabs known as the "shelly limestone" of over 40 cm. These rest on 10 centimetres of lignite, below which was subsoil. Due to geographic upheaval, this shelly limestone at Susaan Hoi is now distributed in great broken sheets on the seashore at Laem Pho. They look like broken chunks of cement flooring from afar.
Reference: www.krabi-tourism.com/krabi/susanhoi.htm