Fall Excursion to Acadia National Park, Maine
11/24/2009
With hardly a break after the weekend of the New York State Geological Association Meeting, Dr. Vollmer took a group of students to Acadia National Park, with the assistance of Dr. Bartholomew and Mr. Hodder. Transportation issues threatened to cancel the trip, but were resolved at the last minute. The trip gives students the opportunity to study spectacular plutonic exposures and intrusive relationships, as well as a variety of metamorphic, glacial and surficial features.
Studying the geology of 'Sand Beach', an aptly named beach with sand composed largely of carbonate, which is unusual for high latitude beaches. Photo by D. Hodder.
Scaling the 'Beehive', a large roche moutonnee formed by glacial erosion. The Beehive is composed of the Silurian Cadillac Mountain Granite. Sand Beach is in the background. Photo by F. Vollmer.
On the summit of the Beehive we break for lunch and a geology lecture. Photo by D. Hodder.
And a group shot!
