Roadside Geology of Wisconsin - Table of Contents
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Introduction to Wisconsin Geology
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1
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Some Basic Background
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1
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Plate Tectonics and the Formation of Continents
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4
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Precambrian Wisconsin
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6
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Paleozoic Wisconsin
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9
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Cambrian Seas
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10
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Ordovician History
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14
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Silurian and Devonian Seas
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20
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A 400-Million-Year Gap
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20
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Quaternary Ice Age
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21
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Diamonds, Meteorites, and Copper Nuggets
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28
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Geology and Humans in Wisconsin
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32
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Northern Highlands
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35
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Archean Continents
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36
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Proterozoic Sediments
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38
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Precambrian Banded Iron Formation
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38
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Penokean Mountain Building Event
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40
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Post-Penokean Volcanism and Quartzites
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41
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Blackstones, Brownstones, and Fieldstones of the Lake Superior Rift
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44
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Quaternary Glaciation
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50
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Early Glaciations
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50
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Late Wisconsin Glaciation - The Most Recent
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52
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Glacial Lake Duluth
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58
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Road Guides
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I-39 / US 51: Stevens Point - Hurley
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59
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US 2: Superior - Hurley
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81
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US 8: St. Croix Falls - Pembine
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91
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US 8 / US 141 / US 2: Pembine - Florence via Niagara and Iron Mountain
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102
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US 53: Haugen - Superior
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104
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Wisconsin 13: Abbotsford - Bayfield
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106
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Wisconsin 29: Thorp - Ringle
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116
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Western Uplands
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119
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Driftless Area
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119
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Precambrian Record
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120
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Cambrian Sandstones
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122
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Ordovician Strata
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126
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Silurian Remnants
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128
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Lead and Zinc Mining
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128
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Quaternary Glaciation
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131
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Road Guides
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I-90 / I-94: Camp Douglas - Tomah
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134
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I-90: Tomah - La Crosse
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136
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I-94: Tomah - Hudson
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136
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US 14: La Crosse - Madison
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143
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US 53: Eau Claire - Haugen
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150
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US 151: Dubuque (Iowa) - Madison
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153
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Wisconsin 23: Dodgeville - Tower Hill State Park
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161
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Wisconsin 29: Chippewa Falls - Thorp
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164
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Wisconsin 35, The Great River Road: Illinois Border - Hudson
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165
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Wisconsin 60: Prairie du Chien - Gotham
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183
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Baraboo, Dells, and Central Plain
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187
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Precambrian Record
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191
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Late Cambrian Strata
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194
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Ordovician Strata
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198
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Silurian Strata
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199
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Quaternary Glaciation
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199
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Glacial Lake Wisconsin
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203
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Geological Fieldwork in the 1880s
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205
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Road Guides
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I-39 / US 51: Coloma - Stevens Point
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206
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I-90 / I-94: Wisconsin River - Camp Douglas via the Wisconsin Dells
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207
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US 12: Madison - Lake Delton via the Baraboo Hills
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213
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Wisconsin 21: Tomah - Coloma
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230
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Eastern Uplands and Door Peninsula
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235
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Precambrian and Paleozoic Rocks |
236
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Niagara Escarpment
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236
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Neda Ironstone
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237
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Silurian and Devonian Deposition
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239
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Reefs That Made Milwaukee Famous |
242
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Quaternary Glaciation
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245
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Glacial and Postglacial Lakes
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247
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Diamonds, Copper Nuggets, and Driveway Rock
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250
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Trenton Meteorite
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252
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Road Guides
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I-39 / US 51: Portage - Coloma
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253
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I-43: Beloit - Milwaukee
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257
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I-43: Milwaukee - Green Bay via Manitowoc
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259
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I-90: Beloit - Wisconsin River
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263
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I-94: Illinois Border - Milwaukee
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264
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Milwaukee Geology
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268
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I-94: Milwaukee - Madison
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273
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Madison Geology
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276
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US 41: Milwaukee - Marinette via Oshkosh and Green Bay
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278
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US 141: Green Bay - Pembine
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287
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US 151: Madison - Manitowoc
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289
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Wisconsin 21: Coloma - Oshkosh
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294
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Wisconsin 29: Ringle - Green Bay
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297
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Door Peninsula
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301
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Road Guides
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Wisconsin 42: Manitowoc - Sturgeon Bay
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304
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Wisconsin 42: Sturgeon Bay - Porte des Morts
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308
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The Islands
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312
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Wisconsin 57: Green Bay - Sister Bay
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313
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Glossary
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319
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Additional Reading
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329
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References Cited
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331
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Index
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333
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