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Jurassic Fossil Digs 2016-17
A project to systematically collect and document small vertebrate fossils eroding from the earliest Jurassic sandstone units at Wasson Bluff began in 2015. In the summers of 2016 and 2017, the Fundy Geological Museum hosted public excavations to assist in the surface collecting and screening of near surface exposures of a section of fluvial sandstone…
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Geology of Bird Islands
Nova Scotia’s abundant coastlines and rich geological history provide many places with significant geology. Therefore, we can see interesting geology in the places where we live, work, and play. Lobster fishermen working around the Bird Islands in northern Cape Breton are able to see some unique geology as well as a diversity of sea birds.…
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Recent work in Urban Geology
During the past several years I have been working on several urban geology projects around Nova Scotia. As a museum curator, my approach with urban geology has been to: Workshops & Urban GeoTours In October, I presented an “Urban Geology” workshop at the Atlantic Science Teachers Conference. Fifteen teachers from across the province shared their…
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Principles of Sidewalk Geology
Concrete sidewalks are interesting public spaces, or rather public non-spaces. Sidewalks are places of transit, places of transition from here to there, often overlooked because of their functional nature. Yet concrete sidewalks are perhaps the most accessible aspect of urban geology, providing opportunities to study geological material and processes. Foundation Knowledge The principles of sidewalk…
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Digital Innovation in 2000
I was looking back at field notes and photographs from the “Dinosaur Expedition 2000” online web updates. These images and written notes and labels all contain important data that was obtained during the two week long collection of new dinosaur bones at the site. The project proved to be innovative in the level of online…
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Updating the Quarry Map
It was in September 1997 that I first traveled to Nova Scotia to begin my study of dinosaur skeletons at Wasson Bluff. I then spent the next ten years collecting new specimens, and completed my PhD dissertation describing what is now recognized as a bone bed of sauropodomorph (long necked) dinosaurs. Now, twenty-five years later,…