• Episode 7: Missouri Geology Field Trip - Beer, Blues, and Elephant Rocks

  • Nov 26 2020
  • Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
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Episode 7: Missouri Geology Field Trip - Beer, Blues, and Elephant Rocks

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  • Jane interrupts our scheduled discussion of tsunamis to take us on a Magic Schoolbus-like field trip to Missouri’s Elephant Rocks State Park. Along the way we learn a bit about Missouri’s history, and culture (mort importantly the three Bs of St. Louis: Beer, Blues, and Barbeque). We also learn cool stuff about the geology of this Gateway to the West state. Granite domes & tors abound! And in the immortal words of Miss Frizzle, “Seatbelts, everyone!”


    Our sources for this episode are:

    Process geomorphology (5th ed.), Ritter, Kochel, & Miller.

    Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology (9th ed.), by Tarbuck & Lutgens

    The Missouri State Parks page for elephant rocks state park: https://mostateparks.com/park/elephant-rocks-state-park

    Field Trip No. 6: Rapakivi Granites and Related Rocks in the St. Francois Mountains Southeast Missouri by Kisvarsanyi and Hebrank

    Geologic Wonders and Curiosities of Missouri, 2nd ed, revised by Vineyard

    Music for It’s Sedimentary, My Dear is provided by Solar Sleighs.

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