Roadside Geology of Missouri - Table of Contents
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Acknowledgments
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iv
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Preface
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v
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Show Me the Geology
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1
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Understanding the Earth
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1
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Plate Tectonics
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1
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Getting Down to Bedrock
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3
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The Geologic Story of Missouri
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13
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Protorozoic Eon: 2.5 Billion to 542 Million Years Ago
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13
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Paleozoic Era: 542 to 251 Million Years Ago
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16
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| Cambrian and Ordovician Time
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19
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| Silurian and Devonian Time |
22
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| Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, and Permian Time
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24
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| Folds and Faults in Paleozoic Rocks
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31
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| The Thirty-Eighth Parallel Lineament
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33
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Get the Lead (and Zinc) Out!
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34
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Mesozoic Era: 251 to 65 Million Years Ago
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37
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Cenozoic Era: 65 Million Years Ago to the Present
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38
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| Paleogene and NeogeneTime
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39
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| Quaternary Time and the Pleistocene Ice Age |
40
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| Caves, Springs, and Sinkholes
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44
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| A Tale of Two Rivers
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47
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| Harnessing the Mighity Mississippi
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49
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| Narrowing the Wide Missouri
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50
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The Glaciated Plains
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54
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Drainage Patterns, Then and Now
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56
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Road Guides in the Glaciated Plains |
57
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St. Louis Metropolitan Area
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57
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Interstate 29: Iowa Border - Kansas City
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64
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Interstate 35: Iowa Border - Kansas City
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67
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Interstate 70: Columbia - Missouri River at St. Louis
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69
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US 36: St. Joseph - Hannibal
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71
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US 61: Alexandria - Hannibal |
76
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US 61: Hannibal - Missouri River at St. Louis |
80
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US 63: Iowa Border - Jefferson City |
85
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The Osage Plains and Springfield Plateau
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93
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The Southern Edge of the Ice
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93
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Road Guides in the Osage Plains and Springfield Plateau |
96
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Kansas City Metropolitan Area
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96
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Interstate 44: Oklahoma Border - Northview
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107
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Interstate 70: Kansas City - Columbia
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112
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US 50: Kansas City - Sedalia
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116
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US 54: Kansas Border - Preston
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118
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US 65: Springfield - Arkansas Border |
121
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US 71: Harrisonville - Arkansas Border |
127
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The Ozarks and the St. Francois Mountains
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135
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Filled-Sink Structures
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137
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Meandering Valleys in the Ozarks
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140
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Caldera Eruptions of the St. Francois Mountains
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141
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Volcanic Rocks
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143
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Granite Rocks
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145
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Skrainka Diabase
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147
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Fault-Bound Basins and the Great Unconformity
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147
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Road Guides in the Ozarks and the St. Francois Mountains |
148
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Interstate 44: Northview - Rolla
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148
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Interstate 44: Rolla - St. Louis
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152
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Interstate 55: St. Louis - Cape Girardeau
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163
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US 50: Sedalia - Jefferson City |
170
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US 50: Jefferson City - Interstate 44
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173
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US 54: Preston - Jefferson City |
178
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US 60: Poplar Bluff - Springfield |
184
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US 63: Jefferson City - Cabool
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189
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US 65: Sedalia - Springfield
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199
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US 67: Festus - Poplar Bluff |
204
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Arcadia Valley Loop through the St. Francois Mountains |
211
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The Southeast Lowlands |
223
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New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812
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226
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Sand Boils, Sand Blows, and Sand Fissures
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229
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Could It Happen Again?
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230
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Road Guides in the Southeast Lowlands |
231
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Interstate 55: Cape Girardeau - Arkansas Border
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231
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US60/Interstate 57: Illinois Border - Poplar Bluff
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236
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Glossary
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240
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References
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247
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Index
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259
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