The Geography of the Region about Devil's Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin: With Some Notes on Its Surface GeologySalisbury, Rollin D.
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The Geography of the Region about Devil's Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin: With Some Notes on Its Surface Geology
Salisbury, Rollin D.
Physical geography; Wisconsin -- Description and travel
XXIX. An island in the Lower Dalles
XXX. View in Lower Dalles
XXXI. Stand Rock
XXXII. Petenwell Peak
XXXIII. North American ice sheet
XXXIV. Owl's Head
XXXV. Cut in glacial drift
XXXVI. Glaciated stones
XXXVII. Topographic map of a small area about Devil's Lake
XXXVIII. Distorted laminæ of silt and clay
FIGURES IN TEXT.
Figure
1. Profile across the Baraboo quartzite ranges through Baraboo
2. Profile across the Baraboo ranges through Merrimac
Transcriber's note: There is no figure 3.
4. Diagram showing the structure of the quartzite
5. Diagram showing the relation of the Potsdam sandstone to the Baraboo
quartzite
6. Diagram illustrating effect of faulting on outcrop
7. Diagram showing the disposition of sediments about an island
8. The same as 7 after subsidence
9. Diagram showing relation of Potsdam conglomerate to quartzite at
Devil's Lake
10. Cross section of a delta
11. The geological formations of southern Wisconsin
12. A typical river system
13. Diagram illustrating the relations of ground water to streams
14. Diagram illustrating the shifting of divides
15. Diagram showing topography at the various stages of an erosion cycle
16. Diagram illustrating the development of rapids and falls
17. Sketch looking northwest from Camp Douglas
18. Diagrammatic cross section of a young valley
19. Diagrammatic profile of a young valley
20. Diagrammatic cross section of a valley in a later stage of
development
21. The same at a still later stage
22. Diagram illustrating the topographic effect or rejuvenation of a
stream by uplift
23. Normal profile of a valley bottom
24. Profile of a stream rejuvenated by uplift
25. Diagram illustrating monoclinal shifting
26. Diagram showing the relation of the Potsdam sandstone to the
quartzite at the Upper Narrows
27. Diagrammatic cross section of a field of ice and snow
28. Shape of an erosion hill before glaciation
29. The same after glaciation
30. Diagram showing the effect of a valley on the movement of ice
31. The same under different conditions
32. Diagram showing the relation of drift to the underlying rock where
the drift is thick
33. The same where the drift is relatively thin
34. Diagrammatic representation of the effect of a hill on the edge of
the ice
35. The same at a later stage of the ice advance
36. Map showing the relation of the ice lobes during the Wisconsin epoch
of the glacial period
37. Sketch of the terminal moraine topography east of Devil's Lake
38. Cut through the terminal moraine east of Kirkland
39. Cross section of the marginal ridge of the moraine on the south
slope of the Devil's nose
40. Cross section of the marginal ridge of the moraine on the crest of
the quartzite range
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