WELCOME TO THE DOOR COUNTY

GEOLOGIC FIELD TRIP WEBSITE

Home
Geologic History
Peninsula State Park
Ellison Bay
Liberty Grove Drumlin Field
45th Parallel Wayside
Cave Point County Park
Resources and References
Glossary
Trip Leaders and Fine Print
Extensions for Teachers
Map of Door County
Door County Tidbits
Field Trip Guidebook (pdf version)

Trip Objectives:

The users of this website and field trip will gain an understanding of the history of the Door Peninsula through visits to some spectacular and varied sites, some key aspects are listed below.

  • Ancient geologic history of the Door Peninsula

  • Existence of fossils in the rocks of the peninsula

  • Glacial processes and their effect on the landscape

  • Karst features and how they form

  • Hazards associated with groundwater contamination in limestone and dolomite terrain

Use the navigation bar to the left to wend your way through our site. Links to each stop on our field trip, our resources, and our glossary are provided as well as a fabulous photo of your trip leaders and all of the fine print.

A complete version of our Field trip guidebook in pdf format, which includes directions to each site, maps and descriptions of each stop, a route map of all of the stops and more...to go directly to the guidebook click here

 
 
 
This website was created for GEOL 429 Field Geoscience for Earth Science Teachers at Northern Illinois University
 
 
This page was last revised 4/26/02
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