WEEKEND: Saturday lecture in Port Townsend to deal with geology of Salish Sea
Published 12:01 am Friday, November 14, 2014
PORT TOWNSEND — A lecture on the influence of geology on Salish Sea habitats will be presented at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave., at 4 p.m. Saturday.
The presentation will illustrate how the area geological setting has set the stage for a variety of Salish Sea habitats with different assemblages of marine life.
The event is free and open to the public. An optional donation of $5 is appreciated to defray expenses.
Presented by Gary Greene, director of the SeaDoc Tombolo Mapping Lab on Orcas Island, the illustrated, one-hour talk will focus on the complex geology beneath the Salish Sea.
That geology resulted from a series of long-term processes, including tectonic plate collision and subduction, continental glaciation and sea level changes.
The Salish Sea is the unified bi-national ecosystem that includes Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the San Juan Islands as well as British Columbia’s Gulf Islands and the Strait of Georgia.
The name recognizes and pays tribute to the first inhabitants of the region, the Coast Salish tribes.
For more information, email Michael Machette at paleoseis@gmail.com or visit www.quimpergeology.org.
