Geology Underfoot in Illinois - Table of Contents
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Illinois Back When: An Overview
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1
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Tips for Exploring the Sites Described in This Book
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11
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1. Lead Mines and Lovely Hills
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Galena and Environs
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13
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2. A Diversionary Tale
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Apple River Canyon State Park
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21
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3. A Scenic Bluff, A Zone of Faults, and the Track of a Mighty River
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Mississippi Palisades State Park
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27
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4. The Upper Rock River: Part One
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Lowden State Park
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33
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5. The Upper Rock River: Part Two
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Castle Rock State Park to Dixon
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39
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6. A World of Wind and Melting Glaciers
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The Princeton Area and the Green River Lowland
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45
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7. Cliffs, Canyons, and Catastrophes: The Upper Illinois River
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Buffalo Rock and Starved Rock State Parks
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51
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8. A Land Like the Rolling Sea
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Glacial Park and Environs
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59
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9. A Pocket History of a Freshwater Sea
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Illinois Beach State Park
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67
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10. A Primer of North Shore Geology
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Lake Bluff to Evanston
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75
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11. In the Land of the Fox
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Batavia and Environs
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85
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12. The Architectural Geology of Downtown Chicago: A Sampler
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The Near North Side and the Loop
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93
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13. Exploring the Lower Des Plaines
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Lockport and Lemont
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107
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14. Blue Island Bracketed
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Chicago's South Side
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113
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15. A Deep Look at the Distant Past
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Thornton Quarry
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119
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16. In the Path of the Kankakee Torrent
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Kankakee River State Park and Environs
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127
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17. The Realm of Fossil Forests
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The Mazon Creek Area and the Longwall District
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135
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18. Across a Lazy River
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Henry and Environs
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141
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19. A Landscape Throws Off Its Glacial Burden
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The Galesburg Plain
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145
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20. Homage to the Mississippian
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Nauvoo to Warsaw
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149
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21. The Havana Lowland
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Pekin to Havana
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157
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22. Reconstructing a Coal Age Stream
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North of Ripley
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165
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23. A Mystery from the Age of the Dinosaurs
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The Beverly-Baylis Upland
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171
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24. The 120-Million-Year Hike
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Pere Marquette State Park
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177
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25. Moraine-Surfing Down the Interstate
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Pontiac to Le Roy
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183
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26. A Tale of Two Rivers
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Monticello and Environs
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191
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27. Coal Country and Pennsylvanian Cyclothems
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Forest Glen County Preserve and Environs
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197
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28. On the Edge of Two Ages
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Shelbyville and the Interlobate Complex
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203
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29. The Black Bounty of the Illinois Basin
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Robinson to Rose Hill
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209
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30. The Lower Wabash Considered
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Beall Woods State Park and Environs
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217
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31. Caverns, Sinkholes, and Falling Water:
The World According to Karst
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Dupo to Illinois Caverns State Natural Area
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223
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32. A Fault-Seeking Expedition
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Fountain Bluff to the Pine Hills Escarpment
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231
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33. Sandstone Gorges, Rock Shelters, and a Natural Bridge
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Bell Smith Springs
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239
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34. What Goes Down Must Come Up
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The Garden of the Gods and the Eagle Valley Syncline
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245
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35. The Geologic Wonders of an (Almost) Undiscovered Country
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Hicks Dome to Cave-in-Rock State Park
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253
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36. The Little River That Couldn't
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Hamletsburg to Cache River State Natural Area
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263
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37. The Meeting of the Waters
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Olmsted to Cairo
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271
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Glossary
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279
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Annotated Bibliography
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287
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Index
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295
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