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Allegheny Geology Field Trips

Georgia Barrier Island Coast

A junior seminar field trip where students examine the geomorphology, sedimentology, and environmental issues of a modern coastal zone. The field trip emphasizes the link between understanding modern processes and the rock record.

Beach overview at Cabretta InletJunior Seminar class digging trenches to examine sedimentary structuresArriving by boat!

Run out channel across Nanny Goat BeachBedforms on the Duplin tidal creek point barMaking observations of a washover fan at Cabretta Inlet

Pondering the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean!Dunes at Nanny Goat BeachTraveling by truck through the coastal forest