Field Trips!

San Salvador, Bahamas         

Environmental Studies Graduate Student Trip (Kent Bog and Mill Creek Combined Sewer Overflow)


Kent Bog SphagnumCSO Mahoning-Mill Creek
                                          Sphagnum Moss at Kent Bog                   Under Mahoning Avenue Bridge over Mill Creek at CSO


Laurel Caverns, Pennsylvania Laurel Caverns

The Geology Club organized a trip to Laurel Caverns. Twenty nine people went spelunking, and all came back alive Flashlights were needed, as the cave was in a natural state, except for the entrance. Many people became quite dirty after crawling through tight spots. Others took the high-road.

Cave bats








were frequently seen hanging from the ceiling.
But no one was scared.

Mill Creek Park, Mahoning County, Ohio
Spring 1999
1. Geolab went to Mill Creek Park to look at fluvial-deltaic sandstones. These clastic Pennsylvanian rocks
are well exposed along Mill Creek, a tributary to the Mahoning River. Although shy at first, these hard-core geology students decided to take a closer look!

Mill Creek


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