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Prof. Hole with the Monday morning briefing for volunteers and staff. Most days had two all-hands meetings for volunteers and staff, one in the morning, and one at dinner time. |
| Chris Andronicos (Cornell) briefed the team on the overall purpose of the project. He noted that the huge granite batholiths in this area crystallized from the mantle about only 60 million years ago, with subsequent uplift occurring in the Miocene (~23 to 5 MYa). Andronicos said that the relative youth of the Coast Mountain batholiths would help immensely in trying to solve the problem of the missing pyroxenes. |
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Training includes discussions on how team members can protect themselves from bear attacks. This is a real British Columbian forest service bear warning sign. Read it all the way to the end! |
| Phil Hammer (UBC) shows the boat deployment crews the fiords of the area. |
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Bob Greschke of IRIS/PASSCAL trains Bella Coola team members on proper deployment technique for seismic sensors and recorders. |
| Grad student Audrey (UQAM) gets schooled on the "Lunchbox", a portable computer used for programming instruments in the field. |
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Meanwhile, at the Puntzi Lake field center, PASSCAL's Willie Zamora trains volunteers there on proper deployment techniques. |
| PI Kate Miller (UTEP) helps prepare the Texans at the Puntzi Lake field center. |
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Elsewhere, Galen Kaip (UTEP) supervises preparation of the "shots," which will be detonated at certain times per the Event Table. |
| Some lazy seals (photo courtesy Galen Kaip) |
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A bear just outside the car (photo courtesy Galen Kaip) |
| Orcas in the bay (photo courtesy Galen Kaip) |
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A wily fox (photo courtesy Galen Kaip) |
