Fall Field Trip: Fidalgo Ophiolite Revisited

Fall Field Trip: Fidalgo Ophiolite Revisited
September 9 @ 6:00 PM – September 11 @ 5:00 PM
Day 1 (Friday, 9 September, 2022)
Meet in Anacortes; informal presentation and outline of events over drinks and dinner
Day 2 (Saturday, 10 September, 2022)
08:00 meet at Skyline and board charter boat
08:15 depart Skyline for Cypress and Vendovi Islands
09:00 slow pass along eastern Cypress showing major rock units
09:45 slow pass along Vendovi showing bedded-chert olistoliths in basalt matrix
10:15 Cypress (3 stops)
13:30 depart Cypress
14:15 Alexander Beach and Biz Point: Gabbro and pillow basalt
15:15 Rosario and Reservation Heads
14:30 Hope Island
17:30 depart to Anacortes
18:15Â arrive Skyline Marina
Day 3 (Sunday, 11 September, 2022)
08:00 board vans drive to Washington Park
08:15 Jv peridotite
09:30 Cap Sante exposure of JKg (Ginnett Formation)
10:30a Lakeside Quarry: contact JKg and Jv
10:30b Top of Mount Erie: plagigranite and panoramic view of the area
12:30 Ginnett Road (JKg and Jv)
14:30 Rosario Head and Bowman Bay (Jv)
17:00 depart for Seattle
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