BPS members visited 2 areas of new road development and a small quarry in Jefferson County this month, making 3 stops total. We had not visited these locations before, so were not sure how prolific the sites would be.
BPS visited a new Cretaceous location in Greene County. First was a very interesting drive and hike through a pasture of high grass.
BPS visited a new location in Butler County this month for our field trip. The creek was shallow, making screening and hiking in the creek particularly easy. A number of shark teeth were found, including Odontipus robusta
This month, BPS visited the "education center" of a local Jefferson County quarry, where school children are taught about quarry operations in a nice building with a great view of the quarry, and a small working model of the co
Claire Smith is the current
Librarian,
and is rebuilding our BPS library. Any member with books
from
the BPS library, or who can donate books, posters, topo maps, etc., to
the library (on fossil or geology related topics), please bring them to
future meetings.
The BPS trip this month was to Pickens County, AL, where the group collected from the Selma Chalk formation at several new locations. A new member found her first ever shark tooth in the washes where we were collecting.
The January field trip was held on February 2, 2003. BPS members collected in the Selma Chalk formation in Lowndes county Mississippi.. We visited several new sites where the group has never collected.
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This months trip was to a graptolite site in Bibb County, Alabama. This is the Athens Shale formation (Ordovician age).
BPS members visited the quarry at the Ruffner Mountain Nature Center. It includes a limestone quarry containing Mississippian and Ordovician-era fossils. A number of good "teaching opportunities" were identified.
