Clanjones Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 I have found some fossil sites in Des Moines, but it just says to look in "area exposures". I am looking for the Cherokee and Henrietta formations. Does anyone here have any more specific directions to where I can find "area exposures"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Not me, but looking for such things can be half the fun... Driving around, geology maps, google earth... All good tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Check creeks and roadcuts. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Concise directions to a specific accessible fossil site are probably best not posted publicly. We enjoy 30,000 - 45,000 unique visitors a month, some of whom are certain to be looking for such sites, so tips might best be made by private message, lest the site gets vacuumed of fossils faster than it can recover. 1 "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 (edited) I have found some fossil sites in Des Moines, but it just says to look in "area exposures". I am looking for the Cherokee and Henrietta formations. Does anyone here have any more specific directions to where I can find "area exposures"? iowa fossils.JPG It looks like that came from a really old publication. 'Cherokee Formation' is now the Cherokee Group, and 'Henrietta Formation' is now the Marmaton Group. These two groups, now made up of dozens of formations, contain at least a few hundred feet of strata and cover much if not all of the Des Moines metro. The 'area exposures' mentioned in the old pub have likely been overgrown long ago. Edited November 26, 2014 by Missourian Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 (edited) Some old posts that may be helpful for interpreting maps and satellite images: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/31805-interpreting-geological-maps-when-site-prospecting/?p=350153 http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/42881-google-maps-updated-terrain/?p=466210 Edited November 26, 2014 by Missourian 1 Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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