Lake Superior and the Midcontinent Rift: the billion year story

This short video tells the “story behind the scenery” covering both the geology and geoheritage - how the MCR gave rise to Lake Superior that is the basis of the area’s water-based history and economy, the copper deposits that shaped the region’s settlement and growth, and today’s tourist industry.

Video coproduced by: Abigail Foerstner and Seth Stein, Northwestern University; Carol Stein, University of Illinois at Chicago

Funded by EarthScope

Видео Lake Superior and the Midcontinent Rift: the billion year story канала EarthScope