Geologic Formation Maps
NEW TOOL! Bedrock Geology with Road Maps!
Cliff F., who recently took my fossil tour, shared this: http://umn.maps.arcgis.com/apps/StorytellingSwipe/index.html?appid=455ad2a467ed4717a09794e2d36261d0# If this link doesn’t get you there, go to: Bedrockswipe-arcgis On the left is information on the bedrock categories. Zoom and you can see the road map overlays to the bedrock! THANK YOU CLIFF!!! 😀
Southern Minnesota Bedrock Map
Bedrock formation maps are absolutely ESSENTIAL to successful fossil hunting as I state in my guide on the sidebar: Beginner’s Guide to Fossil Hunting. Here is a bedrock formation map for southern Minnesota. I scanned this so that it gets huge so that it is actually readable. So just click to read it. 🙂 This … Continue reading
Geologic Time Explained SIMPLY! :-)
Link to a South Carolina 32 page pdf on teaching 8th grade students about geologic time: ftp://ftpdata.dnr.sc.gov/geology/Education/PDF/Geologic%20Time.pdf Lind to a short pdf on geologic time from the United Kingdom aka Great Britain aka England: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/history_of_the_earth Link to a great little video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=r10oh1NHKv4#t=70
A Tapestry of Time and Terrain for the United States
http://tapestry.usgs.gov/states/Default.html This is a very cool interactive map for the United States that overlaps geology and topography! Enjoy!
A Beginner’s Guide to Fossil Hunting!
A Beginner’s Guide to Fossil Hunting So you think you want to fossil hunt? Start your journey on the internet. 1. Do a search for fossil websites and fossil documents for your state, region, locality. You should be able to come up with PDF’s of local fossils with pictures and often a “basics” … Continue reading
Geologic Formation Maps for Minnesota
Geologic Bedrock Formation Maps can be a Godsend for the Fossil Hunter! There are lots of road cuts that are rocky and look like they may contain fossils, but don’t. To save driving around checking time, I have attempted (Please recognize that I am barely computer literate, so this was quite the feat on my part!) to … Continue reading
