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