This station is located a short walk from the Nature Center building in Fitzgerald Park along side of a pond that is the site of the old American Vitrified Products Company quarry. In this exposure, 2 distinct sandstone units are separated by a coal bed (see photo). Click on any unit on the photo or below to learn about it.

The video below provides an overview of the geologic features observed at this station and demonstrates the first steps in describing a stratigraphic section.

(Video to Stratigraphic Section Overview)

Click on the video below to see Dr. Neal explain current ripple formation in the upper sandstone unit (Sandstone 2).

(see Current Ripples video)

Information about each of the rock units at this station is included in the links below:

Sandstone 1

Coal layer

Sandstone 2

Also, see the video that explains how to measure each unit individually.

(See 3 Stratigraphic Units video)

You are at GL1.