[NHCOLL-L:1005] Deadline Fast Approaching for GAC-MAC St. John's 2001 Field Trips

[William Douglas Boyce]

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B4. STRATOTYPE SECTIONS AND HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL OF WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND

Despite its overall structural complexity, the island of Newfoundland 
preserves intact, relatively undeformed sedimentary sequences at a 
number of stratigraphic levels. Because of this, localities in 
Newfoundland have been selected for two major global stratotype 
sections, namely the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary at Fortune Head 
and the Cambrian-Ordovician boundary at Green Point. Exquisite 
preservation of fossils within these time periods has also led to the 
designation of two Provincial Ecological Reserves in order to protect 
the faunas, including the Ediacaran Fauna at Mistaken Point and the 
rich Middle Ordovician shelf-limestone sequence at Table Point. The 
two sections in western Newfoundland, namely Green Point and Table 
Point, also display many of the Ordovician stratigraphic units 
involved in developing the Lower Paleozoic hydrocarbon play in that 
area during recent years.

This field trip will include visits to three key Cambrian and 
Ordovician sections in western Newfoundland, namely Table Point, Cow 
Head and Green Point, together with stops at comparative Cambrian to 
Carboniferous sections in and around Gros Morne National Park and on 
the Port au Port peninsula. A highlight will be the plaque unveiling 
and formal designation of Green Point as Global Stratotype Section 
(GSSP) of the Cambrian-Ordovician boundary in conjunction with Gros 
Morne National Park. The excursion is aimed primarily at geologists 
with expertise or interest in Lower Paleozoic stratigraphy or 
hydrocarbon geology, but will include enough scenic and 
scientifically spectacular sections to have appeal to anyone at the 
GAC-MAC meeting.

The trip will last four days, beginning and ending at Deer Lake. We 
encourage anyone interested in this excursion to contact Henry 
Williams (hwilliam at petro-canada.ca) at the earliest possible 
opportunity in order to permit final planning and booking of flights 
into Deer Lake.

Cost includes taxes, breakfasts and lunches, transportation on the 
trip, accommodation and guide book. Air transportation from St. 
John's to Deer Lake is an additional cost.

Leaders: Henry Williams (Petro-Canada), Godfrey Nowlan (Geological 
Survey of Canada) and Doug Boyce (Geological Survey of Newfoundland 
and Labrador)
Duration: 4 days, May 31 - June 3
Cost: $500.00
Capacity: 20 participants
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Wednesday, April 18, 2001 is the registration DEADLINE for St' John's 
2001 field trips (http://www.esd.mun.ca/stjohns2001/field.html)

You may register online at http://www.esd.mun.ca/stjohns2001/registration.html.

All the best,

Doug Boyce
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Mr. W. Douglas Boyce, M.Sc., P.Geo., Provincial Paleontologist,
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Mines and Energy,
Geological Survey Division, Regional Geology Section,
P.O. Box 8700, St. John's, NF, Canada A1B 4J6

Phone:	(709) 729-2163
Fax:	(709) 729-4270
Email:	wdb at zeppo.geosurv.gov.nf.ca
WWW:	http://spnhc.geo.ucalgary.ca/documents/fossilprotection.htm
	http://www.geosurv.gov.nf.ca/mapping/boyce.html
	http://www.geosurv.gov.nf.ca/education/fossils/index.html
	http://www.canadianrockhound.com/summer97/cr9701301_nfld.html
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