The Rocks upon which We Walk
Presented by
Nick Culshaw - Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, who has been working in the area between Key Harbour and Port Severn since 1984
&
Dr Tom Krogh - Former head of the geochronology lab (the study and measurement of geological time) at the Royal Ontario Museum, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Join Nick Culshaw, and Tom Krogh as they explain to us how Sans Souci’s one and a half billion year old rocks were formed, and lead us around the Sans Souci Community Centre to teach us even more about the rocks in our area.

The last major event that left a pervasive imprint on the rocks of Georgian Bay occurred one billion years ago and took place at about thirty kilometres below the surface at very elevated temperatures. What we are looking today in the Sans Souci area is, in part,the result of the same process that is taking place today, thirty kilometres below the surface of the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas. Believe it or not, our amazing rocks are the eroded remnants of a Himalayan-scale mountain belt. Indeed, by studying rocks like ours, scientists can learn how the very deep parts of mountain belts work and how the Earth’s continental crust evolved.

Come join us for this special opportunity to learn more about our beautiful world-famous rocks on site!

When and Where:
10:00 a.m. August 19th at the SSCA Community Centre School House