Education Feature: Table Point, Western Newfoundland - An Example of Disfiguration of a Famous Outcrop

Unknown collectors have vandalised theclassical locality at Table Point, westernNewfoundland. Many fossils have beenremoved with more or less success. Inattempts to collect fossils applying rocksaws and chisels, debris of fossils orpartly removed fossils were left at thelocality. Because most geolog...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Stouge, Svend, Knight, Ian
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Geological Association of Canada 1981
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Online Access:https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/3262
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Summary:Unknown collectors have vandalised theclassical locality at Table Point, westernNewfoundland. Many fossils have beenremoved with more or less success. Inattempts to collect fossils applying rocksaws and chisels, debris of fossils orpartly removed fossils were left at thelocality. Because most geological locali-ties are not protected by law in New-foundland, we hope that geologists willdevelop a sense of responsibility towardsnature and towards other scientists sothat classical sites like Table Point will berespected in the future.