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