Panama Update #79
November 2, 2008
We are still on the Carribean side of Panama for a couple of more days. Today we went to the field again, to a different spot from yesterday. We also had some vounteers with us. A couple of the volunteers were interested local people and some that Nikki knows from work. They helped out with taking pictures and measuring. For this work, Nikki finds a piece of coastline that has a high cliff that allows her to see the stragraphic layers. She had a couple areas in mind that she wanted to see. She walks through the water near the coast until she finds a good spot. Then they measure the height and thickness of the layers and take the GPS location and other notes. The water is pretty rough and it is slippery to walk on, so you have to be careful when walking. Nikki explains the geology of the area to the volunteers and I try to stay out of the way and enjoy the scenery. Today was dry and cloudy in the morning, so it was pretty nice. The clouds keep it a bit cooler. It rained again in the afternoon, but we were finished up by then.
