by Ron Buta, Department of Physics and Astronomy

University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

The publication of Jim Lacefield's new book, "Lost Worlds in Alabama Rocks: A Guide to the State's Ancient Life and Landscapes" led the BPS to this new site for a field trip this month.

General

This collecting site continues to be popular with the BPS, today’s field trip being the third organized visit in only four months. There were good reasons for returning to the site at this time.

Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Every year, the BPS visits a lake in Franklin County, Alabama when the lake level is down from normal, exposing rocks from the Bangor Limestone dating back to the late Mississipian Period of geological history (about 320 millio

On this first field trip of the first year of the new millennium (or the last year of the old millennium), the BPS had the pleasure of visiting a truly interesting surface mine in Walker County.

Thanks to the efforts of Bill Newman, and the courtesy of the Drummond Company, a group of 15 members of the Birmingham Paleontology Society were able to visit the Shoal Creek Mine, a working underground coal mine on Saturday,

Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama