By: Cindy
The first part of my day started with a very worthy cause of educating our young learners of Eksteenfontein. We visited the primary school which hosted our efforts. Looking at the excited little faces of 11-14 year olds from grades 5-7 made the start of the day perfect. We enlightened their little lives with information of Earth science and what you need to become a young scientist. The CGS also donated computers to the schools.
The second part of my day went unexpectedly well. I was a bit overwhelmed with the information loading of the geology as I am not a scientist and I did feel intermediated. As the day progressed I felt more comfortable as taking notes of the discoveries helped me to understand the basics of the Richtersveld geology. On my first attempt of measuring the dip and the dip direction was quite an amazing experience. Thanks to my tutor Taufeeq I feel comfortable with the study of geology.
#Geology; #Amazing; #OMG; #Etc...
My discoveries of the day were:
• Lekkersing conglomerate (and quartzites)
• How to identity a rock/formation with characteristics of :
o Colour
o Sorting
o Roundness
o Grain size
o Structure
o Mineral
o Matrix
• What is a shear and the direction
• Fracturing
• Lineation
• Foliation (Shearing)
o Bedding – non foliation
o S1- Foliation
o S2-Acute angle 45 degrees
• Stratigraphy highlights
Guys thank you for hot weather experience, walking 2km, heavy bags, having to use nature as a toilet and for the major support of the team and encouragement.
Hello there! Reading about your adventures while sitting at my desk, I am envious ... sounds like you are learning and having fun, out in God's wonderful nature ... what could be better? Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteUrszula Rust (former colleague and geology lover)
Hi Urszula! Wow, it's sooo amazing. These guys are incredible, this is the most amazing field school in the World! I am going to become a full time mapping geologist now!
ReplyDeleteBest regards,
Cindy