Roadside Geology of Nebraska
by Harmon D. Maher, Jr., George F. Engelmann, and Robert D. Shuster
Roadside Geology of Nebraska
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| Geologic Summary of Nebraska |
1
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| Geologic Time |
4
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| Understanding Sedimentary Rocks |
5
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| Defining Rock Units |
7
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| Gaps in the Record |
8
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| Fossil Formation |
10
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| Precambrian Time |
11
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| Paleozoic Time |
15
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| Cambrian through Devonian Subsurface Rocks |
17
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| Late Paleozoic Arches and Basins |
18
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| Oscillating Seas of Pennsylvanian and Permian Time |
18
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| Late Paleozoic Life |
24
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| Shallow Marine Communities |
24
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| Fossils from the Black Shales |
30
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| Freshwater and Terrestrial Communities |
32
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| Cretaceous Time |
33
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| Cretaceous Stratigraphic Units |
35
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| Western Interior Seaway |
39
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| Life in the Seas and Along the Coast |
41
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| Tertiary Time |
43
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| Tertiary Sediments |
44
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| Mammals and Other Life |
51
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| Intercontinental Exchange via Land Bridges |
58
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| Pliocene-Pleistocene Gravels |
60
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| Quaternary Geology and the Modern Landscape |
61
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| Ice and the Missouri River Valley |
62
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| Where Did All the Mammoths Go? |
65
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| Dust of the Plains |
67
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| The Sand Hills |
70
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| Ground Water |
75
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| Rivers Running Amok |
76
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| Road Guides | |
| Interstate 80: Omaha - Wyoming |
80
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| Schramm Park State Recreation Area |
81
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| University of Nebraska State Museum |
86
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| US 6: Arapahoe - Colorado |
99
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| US 20: US 275 - Valentine |
101
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| US 20: Valentine - Wyoming |
103
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| Toadstool Geologic Park |
109
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| Hudson-Meng Bone Bed |
116
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| US 26: Ogallala - Wyoming |
121
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| Ash Hollow State Historical Park |
125
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| US 75: Omaha - South Sioux City |
139
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| US 75: Omaha - Kansas |
144
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| Indian Cave State Park |
149
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| US 83: North Platte - Valentine |
152
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| US 136: Missouri - Arapahoe |
159
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| US 275: Omaha - US 20 |
169
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| Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park |
173
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| US 281: Red Cloud - Spencer |
177
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| Scotia Chalk Mine |
184
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| US 385: Alliance - Chadron |
193
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| Nebraska 2: Grand Island - Alliance |
197
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| Nebraska 12: South Sioux City - Valentine |
204
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| Ponca State Park |
205
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| Niobrara State Park |
211
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| Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge |
225
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| Nebraska 29: Scottsbluff - Harrison |
227
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| Agate Fossil Beds National Monument |
231
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| Nebraska 71: Kimball - Scottsbluff |
235
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| Scotts Bluff National Monument |
240
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| Glossary |
247
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| Suggested Reading and Further References |
251
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| Websites with Information on Nebraska Geology |
255
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| Index |
257
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