The Falls of the Ohio State Park will be holding their 17th Falls Fossil Festival highlighting the Middle Devonian coral beds exposed by the Ohio River across from Louisville, Kentucky. I will be there helping identify fossils and minerals in the collecting piles. Later, I will help out at the KYANA Geological Society table with the fossil and mineral cartons.
If the spillway gates are closed which exposes the fossil beds, guided tours occur. Different groups will be on hand to talk about geology and paleontology. The speaking schedule is as follows:
September 17, 2011 (all times EST)
Indiana University, Department of Geological Sciences, Bloomington
2:30 PM Drifting Continents by Dan Phelps
Kentucky Paleontogical Society, Lexington, Kentucky
3:30 PM Stories of the New Madrid Earthquakes 200 Years Age by Dr. Steve Greb
Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington
4:30 PM Keynote Presentation: The Birth of the Ohio River by Dr. Drew Andrews
Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington
September 18, 2011 (all times EST)
2:30 PM Fossil Collecting Tips by Rick Schrantz
Kentucky Paleontological Society, Lexington, Kentucky
3:30 PM Mineral Collecting Tips by Steve Garza
Corydon, Indiana
Learn more at the Falls of the Ohio State Park web site: CLICK HERE