3 March 2015

Ichnofossils in Gog quartzite

Posted by Callan Bentley

At the Spiral Tunnels overlook on the Trans-Canada Highway, you can look at trains.

Or, you can check out some lovely trace fossils in boulders which divide the viewing area from the highway:

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These are in the Gog Formation, a Cambrian-aged quartz arenite, mostly fused to quartzite nowadays…

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I know which subject I would choose to spend my time looking at…