On Sunday while Nano, Antje and I were collecting some samples of grey mudstone, Cecilia and Khaled went to explore around the other side of the hill. They found a wall of crumbly sandstone that had been cut to make room for a driveway. Khaled scraped away some of the grime covering the surface and what he found was amazing: bright orange sandstone with mudstone layers – it looked like tiger stripes!
But even more exciting was a diagonal band with broken up pieces of the mudstone that cuts straight through the flat layers – this might have been caused by violent shaking in an ancient earthquake!
We took lots of measurements, collected samples and took many, many photos so we can try to understand how an earthquake causes this kind of damage. Cecilia and Khaled will be heading to southern Bangladesh tomorrow to continue looking for damage caused by ancient earthquakes. We’ll miss them, but can’t wait to hear about what they find!
Later in the day on Sunday, we found some good rock outcrops near the Cricket stadium, and we climbed up to the top to get a good view. We found that the rocks lay flat, so we knew were standing on top of the middle of the anticline.
There were some little boys playing outside and they saw us way up on top of the hill and came to investigate. You can probably imagine how much we stand out – such strange foreign girls, dressed like men! We rarely see people here with closed shoes, let alone boots! As we continued working, more and more young children kept coming up the hill to join their friends.
Oh, and I almost forgot to mention we saw an elephant! (not wild, though.)
Thank you Ms.Ferguson! We enjoyed reading your updates.
ReplyDeleteHere are some questions/comments for you:
8PA:
1-Do you get to see the sunrise & sunset? -Mikasi
2-Will you get a chance to get to the wilder areas to see animals like tigers?-Dilenia
3- Have you been to the capital and will you share your experience from there? -Cesar
Hope to hear from you soon!
Ms.Ferguson- So great to hear from you! Here are responses from Class 8KI:
ReplyDelete1- Please send more photos of what you've been doing, -Kenneth
2- Do you like Bangladesh? -Floridalia
3- How's the temperature over there? -Belissa
Hi Ms.Ferguson! Thanks for the update, we are enjoying the blog so far.
ReplyDeleteHere are comments/questions from 8HA:
1- Do you get homesick or miss the life back here in NYC? -Joanna
2- Where are you finding internet connection? -Bielka
3- Do you bring food with you in the field or is it provided? -Saratt
4- How long before your research is complete? -James
5- How will your research change the scientific community? -Randy