Nope, the Burgess Shale is located in Yoho National Park in British Columbia, Canada. It is famous for its weird fossils. Sometimes you’ll see pictures of them on the side of Uhaul trucks and trailers. Really weird animals that evolved and then died out as evolution experiments. This is the site that is used to define the Cambrian Explosion of complex life forms and the ancestors of us all. The Burgess preserved many fine details of the fossils. It has been studied for almost 100 years.
Geary From: Texascavers <texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com> On Behalf Of Bill Bentley Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2019 7:51 AM To: CaveTex <texascavers@texascavers.com> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] FW: Brown Bag presentation - Jesse Chadwick - The Burgess Shale: New Insights into Early and Modern Life from the Marble Canyon Site, Thursday, January 17 from noon to 1 pm at EAA Is that the famed Marble Canyon in the Sierria Diablo mountain Range of Texas? North of Van Horn. Bill On Thu, Jan 17, 2019, 7:46 AM Geary Schindel <gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org<mailto:gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org> wrote: Folks, This is a reminder that we have an excellent talk scheduled for noon today (Thursday) by Jesse Chadwick. The talk is on the Burgess Shale, arguably, the most famous rock outcrop among geologists and the subject of numerous books and papers. Stephen J. Gould wrote a book on this outcrop called "A Wonderful Life" about the explosion of complex life during the Cambrian Period. Hope to see you there. Geary From: Geary Schindel Sent: Monday, January 14, 2019 7:20 AM To: Geary Schindel <gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org<mailto:gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org><mailto:gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org<mailto:gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org>>> Subject: Brown Bag presentation - Jesse Chadwick - The Burgess Shale: New Insights into Early and Modern Life from the Marble Canyon Site, Thursday, January 17 from noon to 1 pm at EAA Edwards Aquifer Philosophical Society - aka brown bag luncheon Thursday, January 17, 2019 at Noon The Burgess Shale: New Insights into Early and Modern Life from the Marble Canyon Site Jesse Chadwick At Edwards Aquifer Authority Training Room 900 E Quincy Street, San Antonio, TX 78215 Ms. Jesse Chadwick will present on "The Burgess Shale: New Insights into Early and Modern Life from the Marble Canyon Site." The presentation will occur on Thursday, January 17, 2019 from Noon. to 1:00 P.M. in the Training Room at the Edwards Aquifer Authority, 900 E. Quincy Street, San Antonio, Texas. These are informal presentations so please feel free to bring your lunch. You may also contact the EAA at 210.222.2204 or www.edwardsaquifer.org<http://www.edwardsaquifer.org><https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.edwardsaquifer.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7Chongjie.xie%40utsa.edu%7Cb8249f574727419a2c9b08d638e7bfc4%7C3a228dfbc64744cb88357b20617fc906%7C0%7C0%7C636758965407504256&sdata=pVAFmaWqgi5%2BlaaLAjDR27laOlMyLogqXnvplQjjwpY%3D&reserved=0> for additional directions. If you are traveling a long distance for the talk, I would recommend that you call our receptionist at 210.222.2204 that morning to make sure that the talk is still scheduled. On very rare occasions, we have had to cancel or move the talk. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Abstract: The fossil deposits of the Burgess Shale, British Columbia provide an unparalleled record of soft-bodied organisms during one of life's earliest episodes - the Cambrian explosion. The Burgess has been studied since the early 20th century, perplexing paleontologists and evolutionary biologists alike with its extraordinary fossils. In 2014 and 2016, Miss Chadwick joined the Royal Ontario Museum and its collaborators to excavate fossils from the newly discovered Marble Canyon site in Kootenay National Park. She will discuss some of the new organisms described by researchers from this site, as well as expedition life in the Canadian Rockies. Biography: Jesse Chadwick studied metamorphic petrology at Princeton University and Montana State University. Her masters thesis focused on mapping and quantitative thermobarometry of mid- to high grade Archean metamorphic lithologies in southwestern Montana. She is an avid explorer of the south Texas subsurface and its associated biological systems. She currently coordinates the Alamo Area Clean Cities Coalition, an alternative fuels program at the Alamo Area Council of Governments. [https://ucarecdn.com/cfe99bfa-9ee9-4330-862f-aee807af1b4c/-/resize/132x68/img.png]<http://www.edwardsaquifer.org/> Geary Schindel Chief Technical Officer, Aquifer Management Services www.edwardsaquifer.org<http://www.edwardsaquifer.org><http://www.edwardsaquifer.org/> 210.222.2204 ext 346 900 E Quincy San Antonio, TX 78215 [https://app.zippysig.com/social-icons/24/000055/03facebook.gif]<https://www.facebook.com/TheEdwardsAquifer/?sk=wall> [https://app.zippysig.com/social-icons/24/000055/03twitter.gif] <https://twitter.com/EdwardsAquifer> [https://app.zippysig.com/social-icons/24/000055/03youtube.gif] <https://www.youtube.com/edwardsaquiferauthorityeaa> _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto:Texascavers@texascavers.com> | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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