Great Day Trips to Discover the Geology of Connect
Discover geology right here in Connecticut! This new guidebook lets you
explore geologic features from the continental collisions that began shaping the
state a billion years ago, to the sediments and lavas of the the central rift
valley formed while Pangaea tore itself apart a few hundred million years ago,
to remnants of the Ice Age that locked the state in ice tens of thousands of
years ago, to features and minerals of our landscape today.
Written by Connecticut geologist Greg McHone. With field trips to sites in
Salem, East Haddam, Deep River, East Hampton, Pomfret, Fairfield, Kent,
Portland, Rocky Hill, Manchester, East Granby, Simsbury, Middlefield,
Middletown, Meriden, Southbury, Madison, Essex, East Haddam, Ledyard, Bristol,
Groton, East Hartford and New Haven.
Getting There & Details
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- www.cttrips.com
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