Homepage URL: 

http://resweb.llu.edu/rford/docs/VGD/GSLVT/index.html

General Information

-Module Overview
-Credits and Selected Sources
-Feedback and Help

To make suggestions or to contribute contact:

Robert E. Ford, Professor of  International Sustainable Development and Social Policy

Doctoral Program in Social Policy & Social Research ,
Department of Social Work, School of Science and Technology,
Loma Linda University , Loma Linda, CA 92350
Email: rford@univ.llu.edu
Office Phone: (909) 558-7507
Fax: (909) 558-0450

Background Helps

-Information for Teachers
-Key Questions and Themes
-Supporting Materials
-Glossary
-Bibliography and References

-WWW Links and Resources:
 

• Research Specialists and Organizations
• Related Web Sites: Colorado Plateau, Great Basin
• Other Saline Lakes

 
-Before You Begin--Instructions for Travelers and Tips for Navigation

The Tour of Antelope Island

1. START PAGE - Introduction to the Region
 
-Overview or region and pointer to maps and other useful resources

2. Guidemap - Clickable Map

3. STOP #1: Entrance Station to Antelope Island

-General Geographic, Hydrologic and Geologic Relationships

4. STOP #2: Antelope Island Causeway

 
-Why is the Great Salt Lake Salty and How Salty is it?
-Aquatic Ecology--Brine Shrimp, Flies and Algae

5. STOP #3: Egg Island Overlook

 
-Geology, Geography and Ecology
-Aquatic Ecosystems on the Great Salt Lake
-Birds on the Great Salt Lake

6. STOP #4: Bridger Bay State Beach

 
-The Oolitic Sand Beach
-The "Salty Shores" Ecosystem
-Freshwater Ecosystems and Others

7. STOP #5: Buffalo Point Overlook

 
-Tufa Deposits
-Environmental Change 
 
-Overview of Ecological / Climate Change
-Human Traces on the Landscape
-Arrival of the White Man
-Rangelands on Antelope Island

8. Other Sites: Modern Human Impacts

-Resource Extraction Activity
-Military-Industrial Activity
-Recreation and Tourism
-Attempt to By-Pass the Lake Barrier
-Pioneers and Early Explorers
-Building of Transportation Corridors 
-Prospects for the Future
-Learn More on Current Issues

GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
SPECIALISTS