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Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey.
E. A. BIRGE, Director. C. R. VAN HISE, Consulting Geologist. BULLETIN NO. V. EDUCATIONAL SERIES NO. 1.
THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE REGION ABOUT DEVIL'S LAKE AND THE DALLES OF THE WISCONSIN, With Some Notes on Its Surface Geology.
ROLLIN D. SALISBURY, A. M., _Professor of Geographic Geology, University of Chicago,_
WALLACE W. ATWOOD, B. S., _Assistant in Geology, University of Chicago._
MADISON, WIS. Published by the State. 1900.
Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey.
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L. D. HARVEY, State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
CHARLES K. ADAMS, President, President of the University of Wisconsin.
EDWIN E. BRYANT, Vice-President, President of the Commissioners of Fisheries.
CHARLES S. SLICHTER, Secretary, President of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters.
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E. R. BUCKLEY, Assistant Geologist. In charge of Economic Geology.
S. WEIDMAN, Assistant Geologist. In charge of Geology of Wausau District.
[Illustration: THE DALLES OF THE WISCONSIN.]
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PART I. THE TOPOGRAPHY WITH SOME NOTES ON THE SURFACE GEOLOGY.
I. The Plain Surrounding the Quartzite Ridges.
The Structure and Constitution of the Ridges
III. Relations of the Sandstone of the Plain to the Quartzite of the Ridges
OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF THE ROCK FORMATIONS WHICH SHOW THEMSELVES AT THE SURFACE.
I. The Pre-Cambrian History of the Quartzite
Uplift and Deformation. Dynamic Metamorphism
GENERAL OUTLINE OF RAIN AND RIVER EROSION
Topographic Forms resulting from Stream Deposition
EROSION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRIKING SCENIC FEATURES
Erosive Work of Ice. Effect on Topography
Deposition by the Ice. Effect on Topography
The Slope of the upper Surface of the Ice at the Margin
Deposits made by extraglacial Waters during the maximum Extension of the Ice
Deposits at and beyond the Edge of the Ice in standing Water