Transcript Geology of the Maine Coast by Sea Kayak

GEO 107
“Field Geology in Maine”
12 week fall semester
course
GEO s39
“Geology of the Maine
Coast by Sea Kayak”
5 week course in May
Falls Island
Roque Islands
Pond and Douglas Islands
Vinalhaven
Yarmouth
Island
Cliff Island
Isle au Haut
Georges Islands
S39: Geology of the Maine Coast by Sea Kayak
2009
Dyk Eusden, Department of Geology
786 6152, [email protected], 212 Carnegie
Important things and dates:
This is an extra cost short term, approx $ 1,500 per student.
Submit the application form to me before the end of the first week of
winter semester if you want to enroll in this short term.
Deadline for financial aid application is January 19, 2009.
Financial aid award decisions are made on February 2, 2009.
Registration for extra cost short terms, February 7-13, 2009.
Cliff Island – Metasedimentary rocks,
tilted, good starting project
Isle Au Haut – Commingled intrusive
igneous rocks, “think like a fluid”
Roque Islands – Volcanic lava flows,
sills, and fossiliferous sedimentary
rocks, more difficult, much of it
previously unmapped
Roque
Islands
Isle Au
Haut
Cliff
Mesozoic Basalt Dike
Ordovician Scarboro
Formation
Ordovician Spring Point Formation
Magnetite + garnet granofels
Ordovician Cape Elizabeth Formation
Ordovician Cushing Formation
Finished geologic map of Cliff Island made in ArcMAP and Adobe InDesign
Commingling of two
magmatic fluids;
one granitic the other
gabbroic
Gabbroic pillows
Pegmatitic pipes
Geology of the Roque
Island Archipelago
Hickey Island
Halifax Island
Marsh Island
Little Spruce Island
Roque Islands Geology Overview
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Late Silurian, Early Devonian
Double subduction zone
Basalt lava flows
Pyroclastic flows, ash tuffs
Sedimentary shales and slitstones
with fossils
• Faults
Where we’ll be…
From the student’s
PPT
Hand drawn map of Hickey Island – last project
So, why teach field methods this way?
Hands-on, experiential, outdoor education to complement the normal indoor setting.
Complete experience: diverse geologic environments, low impact-leave no trace, kayaking–
navigation skills, weather, group dynamics.
An introduction to Maine bedrock geology and field methods through
its natural settings. Gives students a sense of place.
It is rewarding, adventurous, and fun.
Students love it.