Geology 409 / 509: Northeast Iowa Trip

A two-day, overnight trip to Northeast Iowa includes the following topics.

Core repository of the Geological Survey Bureau in Iowa City. See where cores such as these and others from all over the state are studied.

Tour of the University of Iowa Hygienic Lab in Iowa City.

Geographic Information Systems and Sourcewater Protection studies at the GSB.

Flood Damage at Littleport, Iowa (May, 1999).

Roberts Creek limestone quarry in the Big Springs Basin.

Water quality studies at Big Springs. Bob Libra of the Iowa GSB explains research at Big Springs

Investigation of pork tenderloins at the St. Olaf Tap in St. Olaf, Iowa

Little Brown Church in the Vale at Nashua, Iowa

Groundwater flow at the Northeast Research Farm near Nashua, Iowa. Here Martin Helmke demonstrates one of his deep till pits.