• Examine the interior of a 16,000 year old sand and gravel ridge in North Windham, Tolland County, CT.

Jordan Ridge

Mansfield Esker
  • Observe surface characteristics of an esker within Mansfield Hollow State Park, CT.
Mansfield Kettles
  • Study closed depressions formed within glacial sediments behind Mansfield Library.
  • Investigate glacial boulders and plucked slopes at the Wolf Rock Nature Preserve.

Wolf Rock

Sand & Gravel Mining

  • Learn how glacial deposits of sand and gravel are mined, processed, and used as an important source of construction aggregate in eastern Connecticut

  • Visit south Georgia and learn how to collect sediment core samples from the bottoms of sinkhole lakes.
Sinkhole Lakes in South Georgia

Glacial erosion near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland

  • Learn about ongoing research that examines erosional forms produced by glacier ice, subglacial outburst floods, and modern river processes.