2. MICHIGAN BEACHES

3. ventifacts Rocks smoothed from wind erosion Angular Smooth on 1-2 sides

4. Formation of Dunes Sand supply –glaciers (MI) prevailing wind –westerly blockade –moraines (MI)

5. Michigan Dunes Form on the EAST side of Of the Great Lakes

6. DUNE FORMATION

7. Pinery

8. Ludington

9. Sleeping Bear

11. Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes Perched dune On top of a moraine

12. The Sleeping Bear

13. Long ago, in the land that is today Wisconsin, Mother Bear and her two cubs were driven into Lake Michigan by a raging forest fire. The cubs swam strongly but the distance and the water proved too much for them. They fell further and further behind and ultimately slipped beneath the waves. When Mother Bear reached the Michigan shore, she climbed to the top of a bluff and peered back across the water, searching vainly for her cubs. The Great Spirit saw her and took pity on her plight. He raised North and South Manitou Islands to mark the place where her cubs vanished and laid a slumber upon Mother Bear. -Ojibway Indian Legend

19. 1995 slide

20. Silver Lake

21. SILVER LAKE

25. Dune Erosion Due to –lack of plants/trees –human activity –bad weather

27. Dune erosion Which direction will this dune move? How to stabilize this dune? windward leeward wind

30. You can help protect the dunes by: staying on paths, not littering, by leaving plants and wildlife in place

31. BARCHAN DUNES (overhead view)

34. Dune sand Abrasion –Creates “frosted grains” –angular mainly quartz –hard –Plentiful

35. Dune sand : angular pieces of…

36. Sagutuck, MI

37. Ogden Dunes. IN Lake MI 1986

38. Lake Erie House

39. Loess Wind blown dust Yellowish

40. WAVE EROSION

43. CAPE HATTERAS LIGHTHOUSE

51. Lake Michigan

53. Rip-rap

54. Lake Michigan Lakeshore Drive

55. 1 YEAR AFTER $20 MILL. BEACH NOURISHMENT Upham Beach, FL

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