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Page last modified 27-Jun-11
Please note that the fieldtrip schedule has been changed.

As of June 23rd we have changed the fieldtrip to better suit the theme of the meeting and accommodate the extensive Technical Sessions. Check back often for any late changes in details.

Organic shales, Shale gas field trip section Note: Extra travel & accomodations information.

Overview:
A two-day trip is planned with Day 1 having its first stop at the famous Joggins Fossil Cliffs World Heritage Site followed by a visit to the site's new museum. In the early afternoon we will tarvel on to the famous Albertite mine site in New Brunswick. Day 2 will be spent mostly in the Sussex, New Brunswick area examining outcrops of Mississippian gas-producing fluvial reservoir and lacustrine source facies, and later a trip to an active shale gas producing facility. Pricing and additional information will be posted shortly.

Famous section with famous scale!

August 3nd

Starting at the Joggins Fossil Cliffs World Heritage Site & Fossil Museum, Bay of Fundy, Joggins, Nova Scotia
Leader: John Calder, N.S. Department of Natural Resources

Continuing on to Albertite mines,NB in early afternoon.
(overnight in a Moncton, New Brunswick hotel)


August 4rd

Shale Gas Evaluation in Elgin and Moncton subbasins
(with a possible visit to recent Shale gas Development Site)
Leaders:
David Keighley, UNB, Geology Department
Steven Hinds, N.B. Department of Natural Resources


Right: Upright fossil tree trunk at the famous Joggins site taken during the 1992 Euramerican Coal Province Symposium with TSOP Honorary Member Aureal Cross for scale. Photo credit: John Calder, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources
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