Site-specific Resources References
RESOURCES:
The following is a list of Internet resources and other resources that trip
leaders and participants of this trip might find as useful for further research.
When this virtual field guide was published, these web links were active.
Internet Resources
Volo Bog and Moraine Hills State Park information:
http://dnr.state.il.us/
Maps concerning Geologic Time:
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/
Watershed Information:
http://www.epa.gov/surf3/hucs/07120006/
Groundwater Information:
http://wwwga.usgs.gov/edu/earthgw.html/
Botany Information and links to other
botany websites:
http://botany.miningco.com/education/scilife/botany/index.htm/
Specific information on duckweed:
http://www.prism-usa.org/
Illinois State Geological Survey:
http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/
Site-Specific
Resources
This shorter list of virtual field guides and field trip guides will provide a quicker
research for participants who are only looking for site-specific materials on
Moraine Hills and Volo Bog.
Johnson, W. Hilton, Hansel, Ardith K., Socha, Betty J., Follmer, Leon R. and Masters, John M., 1985,
Depositional Environments and Correlation Problems of
The Wedron Formation (Wisconsian) in Northeastern Illinois: Illinois State
Geological Survey Guidebook 16, 91p.
"An Introduction to Volo Bog", August 10, 1999, The Division of
Biomedical Communications Center for Educational Television, Southern Illinois University
School of Medicine.
Moraine Hills State Park Visitor's Guide, Department of Natural Resources, Springfield, Illinois.
Raash, Gilbert O., 1952, Geological Science Field Trip, Barrington-Fox Lake Area, McHenry and Lake
Counties: Illinois State Geological Survey Guide Leaflet
1952D, 14p.
Volo Bog Visitor's Guide, Department of Natural Resources, Springfield,
Illinois.
Wiggers, R., 1997, Geology Underfoot in Illinois, Mountain Press Publishing Company, Missoula, Montana, 303p.
Bates, R. and Jackson, J. 1984,
Dictionary of Geological Terms, 3rd Edition, Doubleday Books, New York, New York, 571p.
Freeze, A., Cherry, J., 1979, Groundwater, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood
Cliffs, New Jersey, 604p.
Frye, J., Glass, H.D., Kempton, J.P., Willman, H.B., 1969, Glacial Tills of
Northwestern Illinois, Illinois State Geological Survey Circular 437, Urbana, Illinois, 43p.
Garner, H.F., 1974, The Origin of Landscapes: A Synthesis of Geomorphology:
Oxford University Press, New York, 734p.
"An Introduction to Volo Bog", August 10, 1999, The Division of
Biomedical Communications Center for Educational Television, Southern Illinois University
School of Medicine.
Johnson, W. Hilton, Hansel, Ardith K., Socha, Betty J., Follmer, Leon R. and
Masters, John M., 1985, Depositional Environments and Correlation Problems of
the Wedron Formation (Wisconsian) in Northeastern Illinois: Illinois State Geological
Survey Guidebook 16, 91p.
Master, John, 1978, Sand and Gravel and Peat Resources in Northeastern
Illinois,
Illinois State Geological Survey Circular 503, Urbana, Illinois, 9p.
Merriam Webster's Pocket Dictionary, 1995, Merriam-Webster, Inc., Springfield,
Missouri, 405p.
Moraine Hills State Park Visitor's Guide, Department of Natural Resources,
Springfield, Illinois.
McComas, Murray R., Kempton, John P. and Hinkley, Kenneth C., 1972, Geology, Soils, And Hydrogeology of
Volo Bog and
Vicinity, Lake County, Illinois: Illinois State
Geological Survey, Environmental Geology Notes 57, and 27p.
Niering, W., and Olmstead, N., 1992, Audubon Society Field Guide to North
American Wildflowers, Eastern Division, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York, 205p.
Protecting our Ground Water, May 1995,United States Environmental Protection
Agency, EPA 813-F-95-002, Washington, D.C.
Raash, Gilbert O., 1952, Geological Science Field Trip, Barrington-Fox Lake
Area,McHenry and Lake Counties: Illinois State Geological Survey Guide Leaflet
1952D, 14p.
Stearn, Colin W., Carroll, Robert L. and Clark, Thomas H., 1979, Geological
Evolution Of North America, 3rd ed.: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 566p.
Volo Bog Visitor's Guide, Department of Natural Resources, Springfield,
Illinois.
Wiggers, R., 1997, Geology Underfoot in Illinois, Mountain Press Publishing
Company, Missoula, Montana, 303p.
Willman, H.B., 1971, Summary of the Geology of the Chicago Area: Illinois State
Geological Survey, Circular 460, 77p.
Willman, H.B., Atherton, Elwood, Buschbach, T.C., Collinson, Charles, Frye, John
C., Hopkins, M.E., Lineback, Jerry A. and Simon, Jack A., 1975, Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy, Bulletin 95, 261p.
Willman,
H.B. and Frye, John C., 1970, Pleistocene Stratigraphy of Illinois:
Illinois State Geological Survey, Bulletin 94, 204p.
Supplemental Information about Moraine Hills provided by Richard Peters,
Naturalist.
Supplemental Information about Volo Bog provided by Stacy Miller, Interpretive Program Coordinator/Naturalist.