
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 |
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8. A Land Like the Rolling Sea | |
Glacial Park and Environs |
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9. A Pocket History of a Freshwater Sea | |
Illinois Beach State Park |
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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 |
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12. The Architectural Geology of Downtown Chicago: A Sampler | |
The Near North Side and the Loop |
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13. Exploring the Lower Des Plaines | |
Lockport and Lemont |
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14. Blue Island Bracketed | |
Chicago's South Side |
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15. A Deep Look at the Distant Past | |
Thornton Quarry |
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16. In the Path of the Kankakee Torrent | |
Kankakee River State Park and Environs |
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17. The Realm of Fossil Forests | |
The Mazon Creek Area and the Longwall District |
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18. Across a Lazy River | |
Henry and Environs |
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19. A Landscape Throws Off Its Glacial Burden | |
The Galesburg Plain |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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33. Sandstone Gorges, Rock Shelters, and a Natural Bridge | |
Bell Smith Springs |
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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 |
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Annotated Bibliography |
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Index |
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