Not even Hurricane Matthew could stop Reynolds Geology
students and faculty from participating in the 46th Virginia
Geological Field Conference (VGFC) on Saturday, October 8!
The VGFC is a state-wide organization of
professional, academic, and amateur geoscientists who gather annually to take
in the geology around the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth of Virginia encompasses five physiographic
provinces, and contains a wide variety of igneous, sedimentary, and
metamorphic rocks that range in age from the Proterozoic to the present.
These field trips are particularly beneficial to students as a chance to
network and engage with a variety of geoscience professionals as few states can match Virginia’s geological diversity.
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| (L-R): Nicole Achenbach, Karen Layou, Ekaterina Klokova, and Jordan Bock. |
This year’s field trip explored the effects
of modern and historical sea-level change on sedimentary deposits of the
Coastal Plain of Mathews County. Reynolds
geology professor, Karen Layou, was a co-leader of the trip, along with Pete
Berquist of Thomas Nelson Community College, Rowan Lockwood of the College of
William and Mary, and Rick Berquist of the Virginia Division of Geology and
Mineral Resources.
Participating
Reynolds students included Nicole Achenbach, as well as Ekaterina Klokova and
Jordan Bock, who are Honors Program students.
To find out more about the VGFC visit http://vgfc.blogs.wm.edu/
