I have been discovering Norway for a week now by driving from one interesting location to another. So far it has been a highly successful trip. I have seen and photographed many outcrops and managed to collect beautiful rock samples.
Today and also tomorrow I will visit outcrops around Bergen with a Norwegian geologist Ole Tjugen. He has read my blog before and kindly invited me to stay at his home and organized a field trip to interesting places around.
It is my first visit of this kind – to be hosted by someone who is a reader of my blog. I am glad to have that opportunity. It is a great chance to really see the best of what particular location has to offer and of course I can not deny that it is enjoyable to sleep in a bed after spending several days in a tent.
Here we are in front of an outcrop of metamorphosed anorthosite.
We saw some wild geology today. Here is a very beautiful outcrop of conglomerate from the Ordovician. The clasts are slightly flattened but compositionally there is little change because the clasts are made of quartzite.
And you are welcome back the next time, it was interesting to return to “hard rock geology” after 25 years in the oil industry.