The Walcott Quarry of the Burgess Shale on a beautiful day
Mark Wilson August 6th, 2009
FIELD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA–We have a small group of seven people for this expedition organized by Matthew James of Sonoma State University in California. Everyone is from California except me (although I was invited through my California roots). Our guide to the Walcott Quarry didn’t show up yesterday morning, so we joined a much larger group from Chevron — an interesting and productive mix of industry professionals and academics. Here is a movie of our exploration in the quarry:
Our Burgess Shale group. Clockwise starting with the guy in the orange shirt: Matthew James, Howard Adams, Rebecca Perlroth, Mark Wilson, Bob Rubin, Bob Davies, Kurt Burmeister.
Hey Mark, I was there on August 3rd as part of the ICCE meeting in Banff. Amazing place, huh!
Amazing indeed, Steve! I very much wish I could have met you somewhere in the region this week, but our schedules were just a tad out of sync. Hope you enjoyed the meeting and its trips!
The meeting was wonderful! Glad to see you made it to all of the best sites too. I’ll see you in Portland before we know it!
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