30 April 2014
Posted by Callan Bentley
Some lovely ooids spotted (heh! pun intended) in the field on Monday:
These were probably out of place, so I don’t know what formation they are from. Sure are purty, though.
Ooids aren’t particularly incredible structures, but there’s something about them I find very attractive. The pattern, I guess… it just draws me in!
Callan Bentley is Associate Professor of Geology at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. For his work on this blog, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers recognized him with the James Shea Award. He has also won the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council on Higher Education in Virginia, and the Biggs Award for Excellence in Geoscience Teaching from the Geoscience Education Division of the Geological Society of America. In previous years, Callan served as a contributing editor at EARTH magazine, President of the Geological Society of Washington and President the Geo2YC division of NAGT.
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