Wisconsin's Foundations A Review of the State's Geology and Its Influence on Geography and Human Activity

Name: Wisconsin's Foundations A Review of the State's Geology and Its Influence on Geography and Human Activity
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ISBN: 9780299198749

ISBN-10: 029919874X

ISBN-13: 9780299198749

Edition: 2004

Authors: Gwen Schultz, James M. Robertson

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Most Wisconsin citizens share a deep appreciation of the shape and texture of their familiar landscapes—the abundance of fresh water, the fertile soils, the northern forests, the varied landforms. All these features are directly related to a special set of geologic processes and materials that collectively define the land on which we all live, work, and play. But how did it come to be this way? How did it look in the past? What kinds of creatures lived here before us? In Wisconsin’s case, the geologic story is long, complex, and incomplete, beginning over three billion years ago and still in progress. Wisconsin’s Foundations is just the book for a broad audience of interested citizens who…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: 6/24/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 222
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgments



A Synopsis of Wisconsin's Geologic History



The Cryptic Crystalline Shield



Precambrian Wisconsin, by Regions



The Paleozoic Story-Layer upon Layer



The Eroding Paleozoic Rocks-Their Meaning to Us



Wisconsin's Ice Age Heritage


Epilogue


Glossary


Selected References


Plates 1-6


Index