Hello. I just got back from a 3 day geology field trip up to County Clare. It was awesome. We were on the atlantic the whole time with good weather for the mot part. We were looking at huge turbadite (massive underwater sand avalanches) deposits as well as an ancient mississippi-esk delta system. It was really neat. These deposits are the analog for a bunch of the oil in the Gulf of Mexico (maybe not so cool), but the rocks were superb.
Turbidites in the distance and the wing of a
monocline in the foreground
Turbidites
The class
One of our Lecturers standing next to a huge
flute scarp
Fold
Bridge of Ross
View from our rented house
Excellent ripples
Rob sketching zie rocks
Rob with New York in the distance
Gnarly growth faults
Delta with awesome channels
cross beds
Long night
It was an awesome 3 days. We got to know a bunch of people and look at awesome rocks. Hope everyone is well.
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