Friday Field Foto #71: Sheep like geology too
2008 November 7
While on a trip to look at some famous turbidites in the French Alps a few years back (the Eocene-Oligocene Annot Formation — where Bouma did his thesis) we were slowed down by a sheep drive (is that the right term?) going up the mountain road.
Sheep on the road, southeastern France (© 2008 clasticdetritus.com)
Although it may appear that these sheep are hugging the side of the road to get out of the way of traffic … really they are interested in the siltstone and fine-grained sandstone outcrops.
Who else has field photos that include domesticated animals?
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Check out this post for more about these rocks.
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Man, those Exxon field trips are packed!
Ha! … yeah, and they always wear the same field gear.
We had some experiences with nosy cattle during groundwater investigations.