Summer in Samar 2010

I spent almost 3 weeks in Northern Samar, doing fieldwork as part of the Geology 215 mapping course offered at UP-NIGS.

It's my second time already in Biri Island and it's as dramatic and as beautiful as ever. The highlight of the fieldwork was the visit to the rock formations located on the eastern coast of the island. One of the rock formations is named Magasang. These rocks have already been featured in the PNOC Calendar and more recently as the cover of a book entitled "Lexicon of Philippine Stratigraphy" which was published in 2008.

My students are now doing their reports regarding the mapping and sampling we conducted in Northern Samar. A lot of really interesting stuff came out during the analysis of the samples we collected in the area. Looking forward to visit the island again this year.