Field Trips by Ellin Beltz
In Chicago
Geology along Michigan Avenue
Dinosaur Lab and Dino Giants
Montrose Beach on Lake Michigan
Self-guided field trips to Lake Michigan
Field trips to the Chicago River
Glacial till deposited unconformably on top of striated Niagaran pavement along the Chicago Outlet.
In Illinois
Southern Illinois
La Salle Anticline
Kankakee River
Thornton Quarry
Beyond the Chicago Region:
Hawai'i
Humboldt County
Wyoming
Pretrip Resources
Read
William Alden's 1902
Chicago Folio
which provides the first overview of Chicago region geology. See Chicago without all the buildings in the online photos and folio maps.
First Families of Chicago: Local Life Until about 400 Million Years Ago
by Ellin Beltz. An illustrated view of local fossils with suggestions of where to see them.
Illinois Geology -- Useful Publications
Glossary of Glacier Terms
Outline of Earth Science
Geological Illustrations
Standard rock symbols
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Complete Geologic Column
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Ordovician fossils
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Devonian fossils
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Mississippian fossils
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Pennsylvanian fossils
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Illinois top of rocks map
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LaSalle area geological column
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LaSalle area cross-section
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Northern Illinois top of rocks map
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Ellin Beltz /
ebeltz@ebeltz.net
January 10, 2008