{"id":1382,"date":"2023-10-27T16:43:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T21:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geosocmn.org\/gsmpaypal\/gsm-tours-and-field-trips-in-2019-summary\/"},"modified":"2023-10-27T16:43:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T21:43:15","slug":"gsm-tours-and-field-trips-in-2019-summary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geosocmn.org\/gsmpaypal\/gsm-tours-and-field-trips-in-2019-summary\/","title":{"rendered":"GSM Tours and Field Trips in 2019 summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Field Trip Title: <\/strong>GSM Tours and Field Trips in 2019 summary<\/p>\n

Field Trip Status <\/strong>Field Trip Completed<\/p>\n

Field Trip Start Date: <\/strong>January 1, 2019<\/p>\n

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Field Trip End Date: <\/strong> December 31, 2019<\/p>\n

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\nGSM Tours and Field Trips in 2019 summary<\/p>\n

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GSM Tours and Field Trips in 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

The following field trips and tours were conducted by the Geological Society of Minnesota in 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dave Peters\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Randy Strobel<\/strong>\u00a0organized a \u201cSand and Sandstone<\/strong>\u201d three-day field trip on\u00a0Saturday, Sept 7 through Monday, Sept 9<\/strong>\u00a0to examine sand and sandstone formations of east central Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. Around 44 persons participated. The locations were within 3 hours of the Twin Cities.<\/p>\n

Day 1<\/strong>: \u00a0Led by GSM\u2019s Randy Strobel in the Sandstone, MN area. First, we visited a historic sandstone quarry at\u00a0Robinson Park<\/a><\/u>\u00a0on the Kettle River. We then drove 5 miles to\u00a0Banning State Park<\/a><\/u>, where we hiked the Quarry Loop, Hells Gate, and Wolf Creek Falls\u00a0trails<\/a><\/u>\u00a0(about 3.5 miles total), where we observed a large historic sandstone quarry.<\/p>\n

Day 2<\/strong>: \u00a0Led by\u00a0Tom Fitz<\/a><\/u>\u00a0of Northland College in Ashland, WI, we observed\u00a0Amnicon Falls<\/a><\/u>\u00a0near Lake Superior and the\u00a0Namekagon Barrens Wildlife Area<\/a><\/u>\u00a0near Minong, WI. This day featured an examination of evidence of the 1.1-billion-year-old\u00a0Midcontinent Rift<\/a><\/u>, subsequent sandstone formation in the Lake Superior basin and then the vast belt of outwash sands left across northwestern Wisconsin by recent glaciation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Day 3<\/strong>: Led by Lauren Finch at\u00a0Crex Meadows Wildlife Area<\/a><\/u>\u00a0near Grantsburg, WI. This day featured an examination of the human history, disturbance, reclamation and management of that portion of the northwestern Wisconsin sands.<\/p>\n

See reports in the\u00a0November 2019 Newsletter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dave Wilhelm<\/strong>\u00a0organized a tour the\u00a0St. Anthony Falls Laboratory<\/a><\/strong><\/u>\u00a0and its varied experiments on December 11, 2019. About 7 persons participated. See reports of previous tours in the\u00a0Spring 2015 Newsletter<\/a><\/strong><\/u>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0May, 2017 Newsletter<\/a><\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Field Trip Details:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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