December 14, 2011
Wednesday Geology Picture: A Barbadian Coral Boulder
Posted by Evelyn Mervine
Geology picture-a-day week continues here at Georneys. Today’s picture shows an impressive boulder of coral on a beach in Barbados. The lowermost part of the boulder has been undercut by wave erosion, providing a perfect nook for some geology students to take a closer look at the fossilized coral preserved in the boulder. The top part of the boulder has some soil and vegetation that has developed– a miniature island ecosystem!
I visited this Barbados beach in 2009 as part of a class field trip for the Geodynamics Course at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Graduate school is hard work sometimes, but the field trips have definitely been a nice benefit! As part of the yearly Geodynamics Course, I’ve been on three field trips– one to Costa Rica, one to Barbados, and one to Switzerland and Italy.
Here’s a closer look at the fossilized coral in the boulder in the above picture:
If you missed them, here’s Monday’s picture and Tuesday’s picture. Several geobloggers have joined the geology picture-a-day meme. Even if you missed the first two days, feel free to join in today!
Are those Pliocene corals?
Here’s my photo for today:
http://pascals-puppy.blogspot.com/2011/12/geology-photos-day-3-quartz-arenite.html
My third day
http://www.science20.com/tuff_guy/blog/wednesday_geophoto_greek_fault-85543
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