Fall
2001 - Sudbury, Ontario
Meteorite Impact Site and Precambrian Geology
Leader: Dr. Bob Darling
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Entering
the Arctic watershed. From here all streams flow north. |
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Groove cut
underneath the Laurentide Ice Sheet during the Pleistocene. |
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Outcrop of Gowgonda
tillite; evidence for glaciation 2.2 billion years ago. |
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Impact breccia
on northern rim of the Sudbury impact crater. This major asteroid
collision occurred 1.85 billion years ago during the early Proterozoic.
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Buffalo are bigger
north of the border!! |
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