You donsa国际传媒檛 have to go far to learn about Lake Countrysa国际传媒檚 geological history and on Sunday, some members of Winfield United Church were treated to a lesson.
Earth, environmental and geographic sciences professor John Greenough from UBC Okanagan led about 20 church members to various sites on both sides of Wood Lake.
sa国际传媒淭heresa国际传媒檚 a major fault line right up the middle of Wood Lake,sa国际传媒� he said. sa国际传媒淏ut theresa国际传媒檚 very little risk of a serious earthquake because the layers of rock are sliding apart rather than crushing together.sa国际传媒�
He explained the layers on the east side of the lake, above Oyama, are estimated to be between 550 and 40 million years old while rocks on the west side are much younger, around 50 million.
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