Kehbe Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 (edited) I am constantly on the lookout for new places to hunt and I don't always know what strata I am looking at but I am trying to learn. I spent my lunch hour today checking out a spot I had been thinking about for a couple weeks now and I finally had enough time to get up there. I say 'up there' because from where I work, everywhere is pretty much up! Anyways, this stretch of exposed area extends for about 6 city blocks and the road rises from north to south a couple hundred feet or so and you can see the different layers dissapearing under the ground as you go up the hill. bottom of the hill quarter of the way up halfway up the hill three quarters Edited December 2, 2011 by Kehbe It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. Charles Darwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kehbe Posted December 2, 2011 Author Share Posted December 2, 2011 (edited) Top of the hill I spent five minutes at the top of the hill and found a couple things right on top when I first walked up, always a good sign! The very first piece was this brachiopod hinge piece. I have found quite a few brachios but always just the one valve, to bad this one is short from front to back. I have to take a few more pictures. I will post them later. as found brushed off a bit, looks like a pair of lips! I also found a piece of crinoid stem that I am going to post in that post about 'bite marks' because it looks kind of like bore holes in it. I'll return to this post and try to put a link in. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php/topic/25387-crinoid-stem-tooth-marks/page__st__20__gopid__281916 Hey thanks for looking. Any help with what layers I am working in here would be much appreciated. The top of the hill is at about 850 ft above sea level and the bottom of the hill is at about 600 ft above sea level. I also have latitude and longitude coordinates at both top and bottom if anyone can tell me that with that info can I figure out what strata I'm in? Edited December 2, 2011 by Kehbe It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. Charles Darwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Those are some pretty outcroppings. They are, by pic #: 1. Cement City Limestone, I think (or Westerville Limestone) 2. Iola Formation (Paola ls., Muncie Creek sh., Raytown ls.) 3. Iola Fm. again 4. Argentine Limestone (with Liberty Memorial Shale covered in foreground) 5. Argentine Limestone Happy hunting.... Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kehbe Posted December 2, 2011 Author Share Posted December 2, 2011 (edited) Thanks Missourian... I get confused when layers are covered and/or missing and it is becoming obvious to me that not all strata are uniform across the board. I have found when looking at roadcuts that a layer that is present on one side of the road may not be present even as close as just across the road to the other side. Uneven terrain when that layer formed and was layed down on top of the previous layer would/could account for this I suppose. The explanations you have given in other posts about how and why a certain layer looks and is composed the way it is has helped immensly. Edited December 2, 2011 by Kehbe It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. Charles Darwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Thanks. I must say I'm intrigued by the thickness and banded appearance of the Muncie Creek in your photo. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st41lion Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Looks like a good spot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkbyte Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) One of the better things about fossil collecting is the scenery. Great pictures. Hope it provides lots of fossils for you. By the way, judging by your pictures, I would say the layer half way up has a lot of iron deposits. Edited January 13, 2012 by Sharkbyte "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - Confucius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kehbe Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) One of the better things about fossil collecting is the scenery. Great pictures. Hope it provides lots of fossils for you. Already has sharkbyte! And I have just skimmed the surface! I can see this being a spot to return to year after year and it producing new treasures faithfully! And the iron deposits you speak of are deposited in such an unusual formation, straight, uniform and long and appear to have a coating of some sort on them! Looks like a good spot hey st41lion, I found a small trilobite pygidium embedded in matrix in the 'top of the hill' pic. Wasn't expecting it and wasn't looking for it! You never know where you might run into one! Edited January 13, 2012 by Kehbe It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. Charles Darwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st41lion Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Cool ! Hopefully I will find one soon. I am sure I wasnt looking close enough in the past because I didnt realize how small they could be till I found this forum. Gonna try and get out tomorrow. Just too cold today! Keep posting your stuff it's very interesting and posted well. Thanks John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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