Michigan Academician articles from January 2004

Michigan Academician archives from January 2004

The geology and geomorphology of the Lake Michigan coast.
January 1, 2004... INTRODUCTION It is an often repeated statistic that Michigan's 2,288 miles of Great Lakes coasts give it the second longest coastline in the United States. No one in Michigan lives more than a few hours' drive from one of the Great Lakes,...

Geomorphic expression of Late Holocene lake levels and Paleowinds in the upper Great Lakes.
January 1, 2004... ABSTRACT Late Holocene lake level changes and predominant wind directions can be recognized in the geomorphic distribution of coastal features and deposits throughout the upper Great Lakes, and these geomorphic signatures can be used as...

Lake level variability in Silver Lake, Michigan: a response to fluctuations in lake levels of Lake Michigan.
January 1, 2004... ABSTRACT Sediment from Silver Lake, Michigan, can be used to constrain the timing and elevation of Lake Michigan during the Nipissing transgression. Silver Lake is separated from Lake Michigan by a barrier/dune complex and the Nipissing,...

Shore protection and coastal change on the Lake Michigan shore: Duck Lake, Orchard Beach State Park, and Onekama, Michigan.
January 1, 2004... ABSTRACT A high resolution beach profile change monitoring program was conducted during generally high water in the 1990s at three sites along the eastern shore of Lake Michigan in a variety of coastal geological settings to evaluate an...

Contemporary geomorphic processes and change on Lake Michigan coastal dunes: an example from Hoffmaster State Park, Michigan.
January 1, 2004... ABSTRACT Geomorphic changes to Lake Michigan coastal dunes are strongly influenced by seasonal wind, temperature, and precipitation patterns. Between September 2000 and April 2003, geomorphic processes were studied in a coastal-dune system...

The history of dune growth and migration along the Southeastern shore of Lake Michigan: a perspective from Green Mountain Beach.
January 1, 2004... ABSTRACT Mapping of paleosols exposed on dune faces has been combined with radiocarbon ages from these soils and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) ages from sand below the modern surface in order to reconstruct the geomorphic history...

Distribution of Magnetic sands on Lake Michigan beaches near Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
January 1, 2004... ABSTRACT We initiated a study on a beach 10 km north of Milwaukee at Doctors Park to determine possible sources of the magnetite-enriched sand that has varied from 1-20% over the past 5 years. Samples were collected once a month from...

The Michigan Roadside Naturalist.(Books)(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... The Michigan Roadside Naturalist by J. Alan Holman and Margaret B. Holman. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 2003. 334 pp. Cloth 0-472-09675-, $47.50; Paper 0-472-06675-7, $24.95 Alan and Margaret Holman bring their years of...

Protected Areas and the Regional Planning Imperative in North America.(Books)(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... Protected Areas and the Regional Planning Imperative in North America. Edited by J. G. Nelson, J. C. Day, Lucy M. Sportza, James Loucky, and Carlos Vasquez. University of Calgary Press and Michigan State University Press. 2003. 480 pp. $39.95....

West to Far Michigan: Settling the Lower Peninsula, 1815-1860.(Books)(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... West to Far Michigan: Settling the Lower Peninsula, 1815-1860. By Kenneth E. Lewis. East Lansing, Michigan State University Press 2002. Cloth, 0-87013-551-1, $64.95. 500 pages. This book examines the transition from wilderness frontier to...

Acknowledgement of reviewers for Volume XXXV.
January 1, 2004... The Michigan Academy acknowledges the service of the following individuals who gave generously of their time and expertise to review manuscripts for Volume XXXIV of the Michigan Academician. Nabeel Abraham Henry Ford Community College...