Exploring Illinois’ Lake Michigan Coast: The Geology of Our Evolving Shoreline

Mattheus, Christopher Robin; Sebetto, Casey

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Title

Exploring Illinois’ Lake Michigan Coast: The Geology of Our Evolving Shoreline

Author(s)

• Mattheus, Christopher Robin
• Sebetto, Casey

Contributor(s)

• Balasubramanyam, Vidya
• Bueno, Jenny
• Engelbert, Kevin
• Braun, Katherine N.
• Brown, Steven E.
• Phillips, Andrew C.

Issue Date

2021-07

Keyword(s)

Lake Michigan -- Geology

Geographic Coverage

Lake Michigan

Abstract

The 63-mile long Lake Michigan shoreline of Illinois varies in shape, land cover, and land use. The physical features of the landscape were shaped by past geologic processes and separate the coast into three zones—the Zion beach-ridge plain, the Lake Border moraines, and the Chicago lake plain—based on their distinct landforms.

Credits

Authors: Christopher Robin Mattheus (Illinois State Geological Survey) and Casey Sebetto (Illinois Sustainable Technology Center and Illinois Coastal Management Program)

Editor and designer: Vidya Balasubramanyam (Illinois Sustainable Technology Center and Illinois Coastal Management Program)

Content editing and data/information support: Jenny Bueno, Kevin Engelbert, Katherine N. Braun, Steven E. Brown, and Andrew C. Phillips (Illinois State Geological Survey)

Copy editing and final designs: Prairie Research Institute communications team

Publisher

Champaign, IL : Prairie Research Institute Coastal Management Program

Series/Report Name or Number

• CMP Fact Sheet
• CMP-FS-02

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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