bryozoan
April 23, 2005 - Cretaceous Fossils, Sumter Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Fri, 04/22/2005 - 11:00pmAnother
wonderful day on the river! Weather forecast called
for a
cold front to come in, but we were far enough south to enjoy very nice
weather. The river had risen 10-15 feet since the scouting
crew
checked it out the previous week, and much of our collecting area was
under water. The collection area is in the marl limestone
sequences in the
February 22, 2004 - Jefferson Co, AL
Submitted by Greg Mestler on Sat, 02/21/2004 - 11:00pmThis month's
field trip was a work party
to prepare the display stone in the Gate City Quarry for the continuing
Ruffner Mountain Nature Center project. After a delightful
lunch
at the Golden Rule BBQ the BPS had fun hiking in to the quarry via a
back way told to us by the RMNC staff and we even met a potential new
February 26, 2000 - Mississippian Fossils, Franklin Co, AL
Submitted by Ron Buta on Sat, 02/26/2000 - 11:00pmEvery 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 million years). About 25 BPS members and guests attended the field trip, which took place on a beautiful, sunny, and pleasantly warm day.
November 20, 1999 - Bibb Co, AL
Submitted by Ron Buta on Sun, 11/21/1999 - 11:00pm|
This Saturday field trip was the first visit even by veteran BPS members to a quarry located in north Bibb County. The rocks from this quarry have been used as rip-rap at several highway locations, the best ones I know of being on a ramp at Exit 79 and between Exits 77 and 79 on |
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