Lockhouse 8 geology event
As I mentioned a while back, this weekend I volunteered to lead a geology event at the Potomac Conservancy's Lockhouse 8 River Center. The event was well attended: 37 people showed up, which is apparently the largest group they've had at one of these events all summer!
It continually impresses me how many people in DC are interested in geology. It doesn't seem as intuitive as if we lived in, say, Arizona. But these outreach events I do usually exceed my expectations in terms of attendance. There were also some excellent, insightful questions from the group. We discussed how the different physiographic provinces of the east coast provide information about the different "chapters" of the area's geologic story, and then we examined some actual rocks, to see details from the Piedmont chapter of the story.
It continually impresses me how many people in DC are interested in geology. It doesn't seem as intuitive as if we lived in, say, Arizona. But these outreach events I do usually exceed my expectations in terms of attendance. There were also some excellent, insightful questions from the group. We discussed how the different physiographic provinces of the east coast provide information about the different "chapters" of the area's geologic story, and then we examined some actual rocks, to see details from the Piedmont chapter of the story.
One of the attendees took some photos, and posted them on his Picasa album:
http://picasaweb.google.com/eric.dahlstrom/GeologyOfTheCOCanalCallanBentley
http://picasaweb.google.com/eric.dahlstrom/GeologyOfTheCOCanalCallanBentley
(That's one of his above: I really like the panorama effect. Geologists on the left, Potomac River on the right, all part of one big picture.) Thanks for the photos, Eric!
Labels: appalachians, geology, piedmont, rivers
1 Comments:
Hi Callan,
(I corresponded with you briefly once because I am taking the Audubon courses and hope to take geology when I can work it in.)
A good number of the people at the event were from a hiking group, for which I am an assistant-organizer (http://hiking.meetup.com/314/calendar/8584310/). I posted the event knowing that it would be good and of interest, and was not disappointed. The number of attendees would have been higher than 37 were it not for the limited parking.
-Lori
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