A couple weekends ago, my Wisconsin Tectonics class went on a fieldtrip to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and northeastern Wisconsin. Here are some photos from Marquette, Michigan; the Niagara fault zone which is a major tectonic suture on the border between the two states; and Twelve Foot Falls County Park near Dunbar, Wisconsin. Thanks to all of the students who made it a fun trip: Cody Crist, Linsey Hula, Carson McFarland, Paige Pimentel, Olliver Plank, J Schneider, and Andrew Wisniewski. Special thanks to alumna Jolene Melchiori, who joined us on some of our fieldtrip stops after she showed us her office at the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy and its Upper Peninsula Geological Repository.
Paige, J, Olliver, and Andrew investigate sedimentary structures within the Mesnard Quartzite along Lake Superior
Class Photo at the Marquette lighthouse (standing on Mona greenschist)
Olliver, Linsey, and Cody enjoy tiny shear zones and a big water fall at Twelve Foot Falls County Park
Jolene and Linsey sit on the Black Rocks at Presque Isle Park
Carson looks at mylonite along the Niagara Fault Zone
Jolene shows us tons of rocks being housed at the Upper Peninsula Geological Repository