Crumpled Home » dig http://tobob.com Our world is not the same Tue, 22 May 2012 03:07:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Fossil Excavation at the Gingin Chalk http://tobob.com/200908/fossil-excavation-at-the-gingin-chalk/ http://tobob.com/200908/fossil-excavation-at-the-gingin-chalk/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:06:35 +0000 Luke http://tobob.com/?p=285
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    On the weekend, we stopped at a chalk outcropping near Gingin to hunt for fossils. Our main goal was to find some shark teeth, but we weren’t successful. We did find a large assortment of crinoid bits, sea urchin spines, pieces of giant clams, and rhizoliths.

    We headed across the fields to the chalk outcropping.

    We headed across the fields to the chalk outcropping.

    "Wait for me!" The thick mud in the field slowed RJ down a bit.

    "Wait for me!" The thick mud in the field slowed RJ down a bit.

    "Where'd they go?" RJ got to the top and had to search for the other members of our expedition.

    "Where'd they go?" RJ got to the top and had to search for the other members of our expedition.

    LR was already hard at work digging out crinoid stems down in the abandonded quarry.

    LR was already hard at work digging out crinoid stems down in the abandonded quarry.

    RJ was desperate to find some shark teeth. "The hammer goes BOOM!"

    RJ was desperate to find some shark teeth. "The hammer goes BOOM!"

    At one point, RJ found slugs everywhere.

    At one point, RJ found slugs everywhere.

    "Can we keep them? They're cute."

    "Can we keep them? They're cute."

    Stomp! Squish! Stomp! Squish! Stomp! Squish!

    Stomp! Squish! Stomp! Squish! Stomp! Squish!

    With a bucket full of fossils and some very muddy boots, it was time to head home.

    With a bucket full of fossils and some very muddy boots, it was time to head home.

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    1. A trip to the Gingin Gravity Discovery Centre
    2. A Trip to Gingin
    3. Our USA Adventure 2010, Part 3: Dinosaur Country
    4. January Wrap-Up
    5. Our Bali Adventure 2011, Part 2: Elephants, Orangutans and Motorbikes, oh yeah!

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