Geology Archives - The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation One Of The World's Most Important Fossil Sites Sun, 06 Dec 2020 23:05:19 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.burgess-shale.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/cropped-cropped-Adobe-Express-file-32x32.png Geology Archives - The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation 32 32 The Geology of the Burgess Shale (Part 3): The Cathedral Escarpment https://www.burgess-shale.bc.ca/the-geology-of-the-burgess-shale-the-cathedral-escarpment-part-3/ Thu, 09 May 2019 21:28:03 +0000 http://cpb.dvr.mybluehost.me/?p=1795 A spectacular submarine cliff over 100 metres high – the Cathedral Escarpment- marked the front of the algal limestones of the Cathedral Formation. The Cathedral Escarpment was initially thought to be a product of prolific algal growth and sediment accumulation during a period of sea level rise. A re-interpretation suggested that the escarpment is the […]

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]]> The Geology of the Burgess Shale (Part 2): What Rocks Tell Us About Life https://www.burgess-shale.bc.ca/the-geology-of-the-burgess-shale-what-rocks-tell-us-about-life-part-2/ Thu, 18 Apr 2019 22:42:08 +0000 https://www.burgess-shale.bc.ca/?p=2251 The picture above features fossil ridge, situated behind and to the right of the hikers; as well as, Mt Wapta, situated behind and slightly to the left of the hikers. The former is where the Walcott Quarry is located.  Below we describe why fossil ridge and Mount Wapta have mudstone (shale) rocks lower down on the […]

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]]> The Geology of the Burgess Shale (Part 1): The Gog Group https://www.burgess-shale.bc.ca/the-geology-of-the-burgess-shale-what-lies-beneath-part-1/ Fri, 22 Mar 2019 01:59:21 +0000 https://www.burgess-shale.bc.ca/?p=2266 The Gog Group underlies the Cambrian rocks where the Burgess Shale fossils are found.  Those of you not wearing a bathing suit and a life preserver would be ill prepared if you somehow found yourself in Yoho National Park in the Cambrian. Beginning in the Early Cambrian (~541 million years ago), sea levels rose and […]

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