CANADIAN ROCKIES
CANADIAN ROCKIES
(1 month)
Scouting the Miette thrust, Jasper National Park
Setting up camp near Slide Mountain, Jasper National Park
Camping near the Slide Mountain section, Miette thrust, Jasper National Park
Devonian stromatoporoids (reef-building, calcifying sea sponges) from the Miette carbonate buildup in Jasper National Park
Well-preserved stromatoporoid (Devonian calcifying sea sponge); vertical structures are called 'pillars', while small chambers are called 'galleries'.
Devonian reef buildup formed by stromatoporoids (calcifying sea sponges), with morphologies ranging from bulbous to branching (Amphipora).
Well-preserved stromatoporoid (Devonian calcifying sponge) on Slide Mountain, Jasper National Park
Devonian stromatoporoiod framestone in the Slide Mountain section, Jasper National Park
Devonian branching stromatoporoid (Amphipora) packstone, Miette carbonate buildup, Jasper National Park
Large (40 cm diameter) stromatoporoid, Miette carbonate buildup, Jasper National Park
Kristyn inspects a Devonian reef buildup, Slide Mountain, Jasper National Park
Aerial view of the Slide Mountain section, Miette thrust, Jasper National Park
Stromatoporoids tumble over one another in a Devonian reef buildup
Hiking through Cambrian strata on Roche Miette, Jasper National Park
Horn coral in the Mount Head Formation, Mount Gass
Missippian tabulate 'honeycomb' coral (Lithostrotionella), Mount Head Formation, Mount Gass.
Sabkha facies (supratidal flats with evaporites) with pseudomorphs of gypsum, Etherington Formation, Mount Gass.
Rip-up clast in the Etherington Formation, Mount Gass
Aerial view of the Etherington Formation outcropping on Mount Gass
Blake and Stacey look out over Mount Gass while scouting out sections
Cross-section through bryozoans in the Mount Head Formation, Mount Gass
Anne-Sofie and Blake hiking up to the section at Mount Gass
Colonial/branching (left) and solitary (right) bryozoa in the Mount Head Formation, Mount Gass
Traversing back to camp at Mount Gass
Mississippian tabulate coral (Syringopora), Mount Head Formation, Mount Gass
Fossils in the Mount Head Formation, Mount Gass
Bryozoan in the Mount Head Formation, Mount Gass
View of the sunset from our campsite at Mount Gass
Mississippian tabulate coral (Syringopora), Mount Head Formation, Mount Gass
Large Mississippian 'honeycomb' tabulate coral (Lithostrotionella) in growth position. The coral is growing up and out, and then over topography (intersecting a pocket of wackestone).
Missippian tabulate 'honeycomb' coral (Lithostrotionella), Mount Head Formation, Mount Gass.
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