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LAWRENCE -- Rocks and fossils of south-central Kansas will be the focus of a non-technical field trip sponsored by the Kansas Geological Survey, based at the University of Kansas. The field trip is scheduled for Saturday, April 20, and is open to the public.
With several stops east of El Dorado, the field trip will provide a general introduction to the region's geology. At Eureka City Lake, participants will learn about basic bedrock geology: limestones, shales and sandstones that were deposited during the Pennsylvanian Period, about 300 million years ago. The trip also will stop at Toronto Lake to investigate sandstone deposits and visit a quarry near Buffalo to learn about a rare (in Kansas) igneous, or once-molten, rock. Participants will have an opportunity to collect fossils at one site.
The field trip, which will depart Saturday morning from El Dorado, is on a first-come, first-served basis, and space is limited. The cost is $15 per person. Additional information about this and previous field trips is available on the GeoKansas Web site, www.kgs.ukans.edu/Extension/fieldtrips.html.
This field trip is a repeat of the trip the survey conducted in October, in celebration of Earth Science Week. The American Geological Institute, based in Alexandria, Va., established Earth Science Week in 1998. To find out more about Earth Science Week or to request an information kit, visit www.earthsciweek.org.
To register for the trip, contact Liz Brosius at (785) 864-2063 or lbrosius@kgs.ku.edu, or Rex Buchanan at (785) 864-2106 or rex@kgs.ku.edu.
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