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Monday, December 24, 2012

Stromatolite from Thunder Bay donated to the Peter Russell Rock Garden

Stromatolite from Thunder Bay.

Stromatolite from Thunder Bay.

Wayne DeBrusk of Shuniah Twp. near Thunder Bay has donated a wonderful example of stromatolitic limestone, originally from the Eaglehead Lake area north of Thunder Bay. This one was found in a gravel pit. Strom as Wayne calls it is installed in our rock garden.

Monday, December 24, 2012

Charcoal and swelling clay of the Triassic Chinle Formation, Arizona

Peter Russell

Triassic forest fires in Arizona and New Mexico

Charcoal
Last winter I visited Jim and Ellen’s Rock Shop in Cottonwood, Arizona and purchased a large piece of charcoal, 15 cm x 19 cm x 10 cm, which someone had carefully collected. It is mainly a web of quartz holding together charcoal, a wonderful, rarely collected specimen from near the Petrified Forest National Park.
Monday, December 24, 2012

John Alan Franklin 1940-2012

John Franklin
Dr. John A. Franklin, an important figure in the world of rock engineering, passed away on 6 July 2012.
John Franklin served as an officer in the Royal Engineers (1958-1963), before completing his BSc in Civil Engineering, an MSc in Engineering Geology, and a PhD in Rock Mechanics at the Royal School of Mines (Imperial College, London).
Thursday, March 1, 2012

Peter Russell wins Ontario Heritage Award

by Sharon McFarlane, interim Communications Officer, Faculty of Science

Peter Russell with fake dinosaur
Peter Russell (left, the one flashing the smaller set of teeth), curator of the Earth and Environmental Sciences Museum, was named a recipient of the Lieutenant Governor’s

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Carbide Willson was a great Canadian inventor

By John Motz
While we take for granted bright electric lighting for our vehicles and in our homes, over 100 years ago it was the work of a little-known Canadian inventor which helped pave the way for a type of illumination which outshone electric light.
The light was the bright flame of burning acetylene and the Canadian inventor was Thomas Leopold (“Carbide”) Willson.
Saturday, December 24, 2011

Beachville geology

What on Earth: Volume 7 2011

Residents of the Beachville area should be well aware of the importance of geology in the local economy. The bedrock yields limestone from several nearby quarries, whereas the overlying glacial sediments are the foundation of the arable soils supporting the agricultural industry.

Bedrock

Deep borings and drill holes provide information on what lies below the ground surface.
Saturday, December 24, 2011

Ridgetown geology

What on Earth: Volume 7 2011

Geological Notes on the Ridge of Ridgetown
P.F. Karrow

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Woodstock geology

What on Earth: Volume 7 2011

Woodstock Geology​
P.F. Karrow
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Waterloo
Geology plays a very important part in the history and economy of the Woodstock area.