{"id":4104,"date":"2019-10-06T05:35:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T05:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/?p=4104"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:42:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T15:42:20","slug":"foreign-fieldwork-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/foreign-fieldwork-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Fieldwork #2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today I embarked on my second (likely my final) fieldtrip\nhere in Vancouver. I really enjoyed writing about my previous fieldtrip, and\nyou seemed to enjoy reading it so why not write about today too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The view from the Brandywine Falls viewpoint.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like last time we left UBC at 8am- a struggle for me as my beloved Aston Villa kicked off at 7am meaning I was unable to watch the game- even more annoying as we won 5-1, we NEVER win 5-1! And I missed the entire thing. Anyway, we hopped in the EOAS minivan and drove up to Daisy Lake, we scrambled down a steep slope to access the outcrop which happened to be on a train track (a strong theme for today as you\u2019ll see!). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first train track of the day. and the first train track I can remember walking on. to the left is the slope we had to climb up and down.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our focus today was on how glaciers interact with volcanism.\nWe studied the outcrop for a while but our time at the outcrop was cut short as\nthe tracks began to rumble and we practically ran back up the slope so that we weren\u2019t\nsquashed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The train we were nearly killed by! We awkwardly stood and waved to the many carriages full of people thrilled to see us!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Later in the day we stopped at Brandywine Falls, headed to\nanother train track ( the same one but further south) and looked for evidence to\nprove a theory regarding a specific lava flow, we found some evidence however\nwould need much longer at the outcrop to prove it right so we headed to the\nwaterfall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The second train track of the day!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The waterfall was beautiful, and we spoke about how the\nlarge horseshoe shaped valley might have been formed (a huge outburst of water\nfrom a large lake) as well as looking at the many lava flows observed in the\ncliff face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brandywine Falls- you can see various layered lava flows on the cliff face to the left.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We walked back to the car and drove to our final locality\nwhere we saw some excellent examples of columnar basalts (think Giant\u2019s\nCauseway) which represent the cooling of a lava flow. We studied the columns to\ndetermine their rate of cooling, why they cooled the way that they did and\ntheir composition before we headed back home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The third (and final!) train track photo of the day! I was just so thrilled to be walking on an active track.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Today was one of my favourite days in Vancouver so far. The weather was glorious, the fieldwork was incredibly interesting, relaxed, fun and best of all\u2026 absolutely beautiful! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My favourite photo of the day- me on some columnar basalts, the comfiest rock I’ve ever sat on!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today I embarked on my second (likely my final) fieldtrip here in Vancouver. 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