In July 2015, we did four one day geotours on four of the five Geoelements of Keweenaw Geoheritage.  These tours use ground and boat transportation and visit some of the most important places identified by the website.  We used the university research boat, the RV Agassiz. The four trips are described below. 

RV Agassiz at Rock Harbor

Keweenaw Geoheritage Field/Boat Trips--
July 22-25, 2015
sorry no more trips in 2015!

July 22 Copper Mining Waste of Lake Superior Today Details This trip is to see the dynamic lake processes that have scattered mining waste in Lake Superior and inland lakes, Highlights are the Gay and Torch Lake Sands, visited both onland and from the lakeside. 

July 23 Jacobsville Sandstone    Details
This trip is to see and understand the red rocks that were carried by rivers from the Huron Mountains (which were huge then) into the great valley of the Keweenaw rift. The best way is via the lake, where we will visit Pt Isabelle, Point Louis, Rabbit Island, Traverse Bays, Rabbit Bay and Jacobsville/Lower Entry. 

July 24 Keweenaw Fault    Details
This trip is to see and understand the Keweenaw Fault, a massive thrust fault which was the locus of hundreds of high magnitude earthquakes and which split the peninsula lengthwise and uplifted rocks, including copper to a place where people could find it.
We will visit the Fault along the Keweenaw shore at Keweenaw Point and Bete Grise and then Mt Bohemia, Gratiot Lake, Trap Rock Valley, the Natural Wall, Hungarian Falls, and the Pilgrim River Valley. 

July 25 Lavas and the Keweenaw Rift    Details
This trip is to see and understand the Keweenaw’s black rocks and its deep earth volcanism past. It is the site of Earth largest lava outpourings. Magma oceans existed here. We will see the huge lava flows and how they shape and influence the peninsula.
Highlights of the trip include: The Great lava reefs and shipwrecks of the Eagle Harbor to Copper Harbor shore, The Greenstone Flow (Earth’s Largest) and its anatomy, Copper and lavas--how do they relate? Manitou Island and the Lake Shore Traps.
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