Geoscape - Nanaimo
Geoscape Topics:
Our Dynamic Coastline
  • Sedimentary Coasts
  • Coastal Challenges
  • Weird Weathering
Our Rock Foundation
  • Different Rocks
  • Under Nanaimo
  • Rock Types
  • Nanaimo Group
  • Fossils
  • Karst
  • Caves
Climate
  • Legacy of the Ice Ages
  • The Big Freeze
  • The Great Flood
  • Glacial Landscape
  • Sand & Gravel Deposits
  • Tropical Nanaimo
Hazards
  • Earthquake Country
  • Terranes
  • 1946
  • 1946 vs. 2001
  • Tsunami
  • Landslide
  • When Coal Was King
Other Resources
  • Our Water Supply
  • Water from Underground
  • Water from Mountains

Geoscape - Nanaimo

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Geoscience for Central Vancouver Island Communities

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Rapidly growing coastal communities cluster along the shores of the Strait of Georgia in southwestern British Columbia. People have occupied this region for 10 000 years, sustained by an equable climate and abundant food resources.

The south coast teems with life, but it is also geologically restless. Shorelines retreat, rivers flood, hillsides collapse, and large earthquakes rattle the region. As inhabitants of this land, we need to be aware of our geological landscape (geoscape) to appreciate the land and use it in a wise and sustained manner.
Picture"Civilization exists by geologic consent: Subject to change without notice. " Will Durant








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