#Tertiary Geology
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One of my wife's college friends just moved to Seattle, and I'm sure we'll be
out there for a wedding sometime in the next 18 months. Can you think of any
nifty long-afternoon sites within traveling distance of Seattle? You were in
Tacoma?
Also, I haven't tread to the Dino forum yet, worried it was full of GIFs for
the kiddies. Which sections do you read over there?
John-
We would be happy to either just give you directions to sites, or even to meet
you and join in a collecting expedition. I need to know whether you are
omniverous or just want fossils. There are several mineral sites that are
reasonable from Seattle. I expect to get information on a number of new areas
soon, as I am on several committees of the Northwest Paleontological
Association now. As a reminder, I am about 90 miles north of Seattle, in
Anacortes. There is a nice fossil leaf area very near us.
The Dino Forum is definitely more Paleo oriented than this Section, and has
several professionals active in the message base regularly. I have been
advocating a broader scope of general paleontology, beyond Dinosaurs
specifically, in order to attract a broader audience. I correspond regularly
with a fellow who's studying dino tracks in Texas, chat regularly with a
preparator working at the Denver Museum of Natural History, for example.
However, there are a number of youths who frequent the Forum and they have
varying degrees of interest and sophistication.
I value both Dino Forum and the Geology Section of the Science.Math Forum in
equal but different ways. The Dino Forum does take a number of direct hits
from the Creationist camp regularly, but that can be either interesting of
amusing depending on your perspective. From what I know of your interests, I'd
suggest the sections, Forum Information, News & Reports, Paleobiology,
Geoscience, Paleotechniques, Other Prehist. Life.
Most of the Jurassic Park cr*p is past, and the forum has settled into some
interesting contemplations on dinosaur physiology and metabolism among many
others. Give it a look see.
Michael
Further chatting with my wife reveals that although her college friend lives in
Seattle, the upcoming wedding will probably take place in Cleveland. Oh well.
We may go to Seattle to visit them sometime, though.
I'll check out the Dino Forum, too. I'm thankful for Jurassic Park only for
its special effects. When I read the book when it came out, I was appalled at
the way it was written as a movie script, not a book.
So where do you find your crab nodules?
The crabs are found in what I call ironstone concretions that weather out of
mudstone and clays along the north coastline of the Olympic Peninsula. From
Sequim (pronounced skwim) west to Neah Bay.
Additional areas are in the Willapa Hills, an area roughly from the Columbia
river north to Aberdeen and as far east as Chehalis.
From Seattle, it's 2-4 hours away.