July 31, 2004 - Monroe Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Wed, 08/04/2004 - 11:00pmThis
month BPS
members headed to Monroe
County in South Alabama, where we collected in the Lisbon Formation and
Gosport Sand. Steve and Gilbert took their boats, so we spent
the
day scouting several miles along the riverbanks. Due to rain
earlier in the week, the water level had risen 6-8 feet since the
BPS August 2, 2004 Meeting
BPS regular monthly meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month at the Homewood Public Library. Meeting is downstairs, in room 101.
Program: Hands on Workshop - Specimen Cleaning Techniques
Special - the hilarious "My First BPS Field Trip" as told by Carolyn Stanfield
Program: Hands on Workshop - Specimen Cleaning Techniques
Special - the hilarious "My First BPS Field Trip" as told by Carolyn Stanfield
Date:
Monday, August 2, 2004 - 7:00pm
BPS July 8, 2004 Meeting
BPS regular monthly meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month at the Homewood Public Library. Meeting is downstairs, in room 101.
Program: James Lamb video on chalk gully environments
Program: James Lamb video on chalk gully environments
Date:
Thursday, July 8, 2004 - 7:00pm
June 26, 2004 - Late Cretaceous Fossils, Montgomery Co, AL
Submitted by Leisa Whitlow on Sun, 06/27/2004 - 11:00pm FINALLY, WE NEEDED THAT
COMPLETE
CHANGE OF CLOTHES
(An Account of Unprecedented Creek Crossings)
(An Account of Unprecedented Creek Crossings)
BPS members visited a late Cretaceous site in
Montgomery County, Alabama, where we collected primarily
echinoids, gastropods, and a few shark teeth. This trip was a
real adventure!
A week of daily summer rains and pictures from Friday's site
reconnaissance were not enough to daunt those needing a field trip
fix. By mid-day Saturday the water had receded enough to give
BPS June 7, 2004 Meeting
BPS regular monthly meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month at the Homewood Public Library. Meeting is downstairs, in room 101.
Program: Evolution of Echinoderms from Vendian to Today
Program: Evolution of Echinoderms from Vendian to Today
Date:
Monday, June 7, 2004 - 7:00pm
May 22, 2004 - Cretaceous Fossils, Sumter Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 05/22/2004 - 11:00pmAnother boat trip, this
time in Sumter
county, at a river site with huge chalk bluffs.
(The lake
level at the Demopolis Lock was 74.28 feet above sea level).
The
fossils we collected are from the marl limestone sequences in the
Arcola Limestone
Member (Late Cretaceous Campanian 83-74 mya). Last year, Dr.
BPS May 3, 2004 Meeting
BPS regular monthly meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month at the Homewood Public Library. Meeting is downstairs, in room 101.
Program: Bakker & Horner video, with emphasis on Making a Protective Jacket
Program: Bakker & Horner video, with emphasis on Making a Protective Jacket
Date:
Monday, May 3, 2004 - 7:00pm
April 17, 2004 - Cretaceous and Pleistocene Fossils, Greene Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sat, 04/17/2004 - 11:00pm This creek site
in Greene
County,
AL is characterized by large quantities of pea gravel, filled with
numerous shark teeth, and the occasional mosasaur vertebra.
Going
east
along the creek one is in Pleistocene age material, while going west
moves
one through an area of Mooreville Chalk (Cretaceous).
A number of teeth from the Goblin shark and crow shark were found by all. (See the July, 2003 trip report for details on these sharks, and more on the geology of this site.)
(Photos
A number of teeth from the Goblin shark and crow shark were found by all. (See the July, 2003 trip report for details on these sharks, and more on the geology of this site.)
(Photos
BPS April 5, 2004 Meeting
BPS regular monthly meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month at the Homewood Public Library. Meeting is downstairs, in room 101.
Date:
Monday, April 5, 2004 - 7:00pm
March 13, 2004 - Mississippian Fossils, Morgan Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Fri, 03/12/2004 - 11:00pmWe began our field trip for this month at a quarry in Jefferson County, to view specimens in the quarry classroom. Then we caravaned to the collecting site in Morgan Co, AL (except Vicki, who was talking so much to Bill and Adelle that she failed to see everyone else passing her on the interstate ...)
We had a wonderful day of collecting, beautiful weather and great turnout. We went to a new spot in the quarry, in addition to the site from last year. Collecting is in the Mississippian Period (340-310 mya), in
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