| Preface |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Geologic Time Scale |
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| Wisconsin's Landscapes |
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9 | (16) |
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1 The Apostle Islands: Submerged Hills Of Precambrian Sandstone |
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10 | (2) |
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2 Amnicon Falls State Park: The Douglas Fault Escarpment |
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12 | (2) |
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3 Pattison State Park: Wisconsin's Highest Waterfall Plunges over Keweenawan Basalt |
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14 | (2) |
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4 Copper Falls State Park: A Meeting of Rivers in the Breccia of Fault Zones |
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16 | (3) |
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5 The Penokee Range: Iron Mines in Upended Precambrian Rock Layers |
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19 | (3) |
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6 St. Peters Dome: Pink Granite of the Mellen Complex |
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22 | (1) |
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7 Morgan Falls: A Billion-Year-Old Granite Ledge |
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23 | (2) |
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25 | (28) |
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8 Straight Lake State Park: Tunnel Channel Beneath the Ice |
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26 | (2) |
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9 The Dalles of the St. Croix at Interstate Park: Potholes Carved by Glacial Flood |
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28 | (3) |
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10 Osceola Bedrock Glades: Fragile Plant Community on Inhospitable Lava |
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31 | (1) |
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11 Willow River State Park: Waterfalls over Dolomite Ledges |
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31 | (1) |
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12 Rock Elm Disturbance: A Meteor Impact Crater |
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31 | (7) |
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13 Big Falls County Park: Banded Gneiss of the Canadian Shield |
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38 | (2) |
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14 Irvine Park and Mt. Simon Park: Cambrian Sandstone atop Precambrian Gneiss |
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40 | (2) |
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15 Chippewa Moraine State Recreation Area: Topographic Reversals Created Kettles and Ice-Walled Lake Plains |
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42 | (2) |
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16 Dells of the Eau Claire County Park: Precambrian Rhyolite Polished by Meltwater |
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44 | (2) |
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17 Rib Mountain State Park: A Quartzite Monadnock |
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46 | (3) |
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18 Marinette County Waterfalls: Flowing over Igneous Rocks of the Penokean Orogeny |
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49 | (4) |
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THE EASTERN RIDGES AND LOWLANDS |
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53 | (24) |
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19 Rock Island State Park: Niagara Escarpment Forms Island in Lake Michigan |
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54 | (2) |
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20 Peninsula State Park: Wave-Cut Caves in Dolomite Cliffs |
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56 | (2) |
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21 Whitefish Dunes State Park: A Former Sandbar |
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58 | (1) |
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22 Cave Point County Park: Fossils in Wave-Cut Dolomite |
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59 | (1) |
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23 Fonferek's Glen County Park: Stone Arch in Cherty Dolomite |
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60 | (2) |
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24 Cherney Maribel Caves: Meltwater Stream Exposes Solution Cavities |
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62 | (2) |
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25 High Cliff State Park: Lime Quarries above Lake Winnebago |
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64 | (2) |
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26 Ledge View Nature Center: Environmental Education, Caves, and a Quarry |
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66 | (2) |
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27 Kettle Moraine State Forest: Hummocky Topography Where Two Ice Lobes Met |
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68 | (4) |
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28 Harrington Beach State Park: Quarry in Fossiliferous Devonian Dolomite |
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72 | (2) |
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29 Milwaukee Public Museum: Coral Reefs of Silurian Time |
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74 | (3) |
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77 | (30) |
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30 Perrot State Park: Mounds Stranded by an Ice Age River |
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78 | (3) |
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31 Grandad Bluff: Nearly Leveled for Building Stone |
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81 | (1) |
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32 Castellated Mounds of the Central Sand Plain: Ancient Islands in Glacial Lake Wisconsin |
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82 | (4) |
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33 Wildcat Mountain State Park: Coulee Country of the Driftless Area |
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86 | (2) |
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34 Pier County Park at Rockbridge: Eroded Joint in a Sandstone Ridge |
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88 | (2) |
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35 Vernon County Pillars: Sculptures in Case-Hardened St. Peter Sandstone |
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90 | (2) |
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36 Wyalusing State Park: Confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers |
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92 | (2) |
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37 Bevans Lead Mine: Ore Deposit in Galena Dolomite |
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94 | (2) |
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38 Mineral Point and the Pendarvis Historic Site: Lead and Zinc Mining in the 1800s |
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96 | (3) |
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39 Governor Dodge State Park: Variable Hardness in the St. Peter Sandstone |
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99 | (3) |
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40 Tower Hill State Park: Manufacture of Lead Shot State Natural Area |
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102 | (2) |
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41 Cave of the Mounds: Colorful Speleothems in Galena Dolomite |
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104 | (3) |
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107 | (30) |
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42 Observatory Hill State Natural Area: A Former Mountain of Precambrian Rhyolite |
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109 | (1) |
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43 Dells of the Wisconsin River: Carved by a Catastrophic Flood from Glacial Lake Wisconsin |
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110 | (4) |
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44 Rocky Arbor State Park: Abandoned Channel of Wisconsin River |
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114 | (2) |
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45 Ableman's Gorge and Van Hise Rock: Deciphering the Baraboo Syncline |
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116 | (4) |
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46 Pewits Nest State Natural Area: A Hermit's Hideaway in Wonewoc Sandstone |
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120 | (2) |
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47 Natural Bridge State Park: Deconstructing a Sandstone Arch |
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122 | (2) |
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48 Devils Lake State Park: Ancient Valley in Baraboo Quartzite |
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124 | (4) |
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49 Parfrey's Glen State Natural Area: Meltwater Gorge in Cambrian Conglomerate |
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128 | (2) |
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50 Gibraltar Rock State Natural Area: Outlier of St. Peter Sandstone |
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130 | (2) |
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51 Ferry Bluff State Natural Area: Meltwater Erosion on Outer Bend of Wisconsin River |
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132 | (2) |
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52 University of Wisconsin Geology Museum: Rocks, Minerals, Fossils, and Much More |
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134 | (3) |
| Glossary |
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137 | (4) |
| Further Reading |
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141 | (2) |
| Index |
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