The Geography of the Region about Devil's Lake
by Rollin D. Salisbury
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About this eBook
- Author
- Atwood, Wallace Walter, 1872-1949
- Title
- The Geography of the Region about Devil's Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin With Some Notes on Its Surface Geology
- Credits
- Produced by David Edwards, Joanna Johnston and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F516: United States local history: Ohio River and Valley.
- Subject
- Wisconsin -- Description and travel
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 38148
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38148
- Release Date
- November 27, 2011
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.CONTENTS.
- 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 4.PART I. — THE TOPOGRAPHY.
- 5.GEOGRAPHY AND SURFACE GEOLOGY OF THE DEVIL'S LAKE REGION.
- 6.CHAPTER I. — GENERAL GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES. — I. THE PLAIN SURROUNDING THE QUARTZITE RIDGES. — II. THE QUARTZITE RIDGES. — III. RELATIONS OF THE SANDSTONE OF THE PLAIN TO THE QUARTZITE OF THE RIDGES. — PART II. — HISTORY OF THE TOPOGRAPHY.
- 7.CHAPTER II. — OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF THE ROCK FORMATIONS WHICH SHOW THEMSELVES AT THE SURFACE. — I. THE PRE-CAMBRIAN HISTORY OF THE QUARTZITE. — II. THE HISTORY OF THE PALEOZOIC STRATA.
- 8.CHAPTER III. — GENERAL OUTLINE OF RAIN AND RIVER EROSION. — CHARACTERISTICS OF VALLEYS AT VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT. — Transportation and Deposition. — Rejuvenation of Streams. — Underground Water.
- 9.CHAPTER IV. — EROSION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRIKING SCENIC FEATURES. — Striking Scenic Features.
- 10.CHAPTER V. — THE GLACIAL PERIOD. — The Work of Glacier Ice. — DIRECTION OF ICE MOVEMENT. — Limit of the Ice. — Glacial Deposits. — The Ground Moraine. — Terminal Moraines. — Stratified Drift. — Deposits Made by Extraglacial Waters During the Maximum Extension of the Ice. — Deposits Made by Extraglacial Waters During the Retreat of the Ice. — Deposits Made by Extraglacial Waters During the Advance of the Ice. — Deposits Made by Subglacial Streams. — RELATIONS OF STRATIFIED TO UNSTRATIFIED DRIFT. — CLASSIFICATION OF STRATIFIED DRIFT ON THE BASIS OF POSITION. — CHANGES IN DRAINAGE EFFECTED BY THE ICE. — While the Ice Was on. — After the Ice Had Disappeared. — Changes in Streams. — The Driftless Area. — Contrast Between Glaciated and Unglaciated Areas. — POSTGLACIAL CHANGES.
- 11.Footnotes
- 12.INDEX.
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