ICE AGE
Geology of Ice Age National Scientific Reserve of Wisconsin
NPS Scientific Monograph No. 2
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CONTENTS

COVER

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF TABLES

PREFACE

Chapter 1: THE PLEISTOCENE OF WISCONSIN

General Statement
Glacial Deposits of Wisconsin
Recommended Areas

Chapter 2: TWO CREEKS FOREST BED

Introduction
General Statement
Detailed Description

Chapter 3: SHEBOYGAN MARSH

Chapter 4: NORTHERN KETTLE INTERLOBATE MORAINE

Introduction
Surface Features
Drainage
Glacial Units
Conclusion

Chapter 5: CAMPBELLSPORT DRUMLINS

Chapter 6: CROSS PLAINS TERMINAL MORAINE

Introduction
General Description of the Moraine
Details of the Recommended Areas

Chapter 7: DEVILS LAKE PARK

Introduction
Geomorphology
Description of Specific Features
     Moraines
     Drained lakes
     Stagnant ice features
     Potholes
     Erratics
     Periglacial features
Conclusion

Chapter 8: MILL BLUFF PINNACLES

Chapter 9: BLOOMER MORAINE

Introduction
Description of Glacial Phenomena
Conclusion and Recommendation

Chapter 10: ST. CROIX DALLES INTERSTATE PARK

Introduction
General Description
Conclusion

Chapter 11: DISCUSSION OF THE PLEISTOCENE OF WISCONSIN

Chapter 12: OTHER OUTSTANDING AREAS IN WISCONSIN

REFERENCES

INDEX (omitted from the online edition)


FIGURES
1 County and road map of Wisconsin, showing recommended areas
2 Glacial deposits of Wisconsin
3 Geologic map of Wisconsin
4 Part of Wisconsin State Highway map, showing locations of areas
5 Topographic map of the Two Creeks Forest Bed locality
6 The Two Creeks Forest Bed and associated deposits
7 Idealized Two Creeks section
8 Two Creeks section
9 Detail of Fig. 8
10 Two Creeks organic horizon
11 Valders till with logs
12 Pollen profiles of Twocreekan material
13 Diagrammatic depiction of two contrasting interpretations of fluctuations of Glacial Lake Chicago 14 Topographic map of Sheboygan Marsh
15 View southward of Sheboygan Marsh
16 Diagram showing glacial movements in eastern Wisconsin
17 Generalized glacial map of part of the Northern Kettle Interlobate Moraine
18 Well-rounded gravel of Niagaran dolomite
19 Small symmetrical kettle with pond
20 Part of large irregular kettle without water
21 Typical topography in stagnate ice moraine
22 Ground moraine of the Green Bay Lobe
23 Main portion of the Kettle Interlobate Moraine at Parnell tower
24 Long Lake
25 Main Kettle Interlobate Moraine south of Glenbeulah
26 Elkhart Lake
27 Washed drift plain with crevasse fill and moulin kame
28 Crevasse fill at Glenbeulah
29 Parnell esker, at Butler Lake
30 Parnell esker, on skyline
31 Cross section of Parnell esker
32 Butler Lake
33 McMullen Hill, a moulin kame
34 Garriety Hill, a moulin kame
35 Close-up of material comprising Garriety Hill
36 Johnson Hill, a moulin kame
37 Unnamed small moulin kame southeast of Dundee
38 Drumlins of southeastern Wisconsin
39 Topographic map of Campbellsport area, showing drumlins
40 Long-profile of drumlin
41 Cross-profile of drumlin, view southeastward
42 Cross-profile of drumlin, view north-northwest
43 Topographic map of Fond du Lac area, showing drumlins
44 Topographic map of Horicon area, showing drumlins
45 Topographic map of Beaver Dam area, showing drumlins
46 Part of Wisconsin State Highway map, showing locations of areas
47 Topographic map of Cross Plains area
48 Topographic map of north Cross Plains site
49 Cary end moraine on upland
50 Cary end moraine in lowland
51 Drainageway marginal to ice front
52 Erratic on Prairie du Chien dolomite
53 Erratic on Prairie du Chien dolomite and drainageway
54 Details of weathered Prairie du Chien dolomite
55 Solution of Prairie du Chien dolomite
56 Breached end moraine and outwash apron
57 Proglacial pond at County Highway S
58 Devils Chimney, a pinnacle of St. Peter sandstone
59 Topographic map of the Devils Lake area, showing glacial features
60 Air view of Devils Lake
61 Talus surmounted by castellated cliffs of Baraboo quartzite
62 View westward of West Bluff of Devils Lake
63 Devils Doorway
64 Balanced Rock
65 Topographic map of East Bluff area of Devils Lake
66 Topographic map of pothole area of Devils Lake
67 End moraine of Cary age east of Devils Lake
68 Outwash plain and Cary front northwest of Devils Lake
69 Moraine, outwash, and Ott Lake basin at the East Loop
70 Ott Lake basin at the East Loop
71 Gravel pit at the East Loop
72 Retreatal moraines of Cary age at the East Loop
73 End moraine at Devils Nose
74 End moraine on East Bluff
75 End moraine at the North Loop
76 Inside the end moraine at the North Loop
77 Wisconsin River Valley
78 Steinke Lake basin
79 Devils Lake and Messenger Creek valley
80 Knob and swale topography near Sauk Point
81 "Erratic" on South Bluff
82 Overhanging bank of Baraboo quartzite on top of South Bluff
83 Elongate depression at the base of talus at East Bluff
84 Mill Bluff
85 Topographic map of Mill Bluff area
86 Bee, Camels, and Wildcat bluffs
87 Camp Douglas and the Devils Needle
88 Devils Needle
89 Bee Bluff
90 Camels Bluff
91 Camels Bluff and Glacial Lake Wisconsin basin
92 Round Bluff
93 Wildcat Bluff
94 Pinnacle at the north end of Bruce Mound
95 Part of Wisconsin State Highway map, showing locations 8 and 9
96 Topographic map of the Bloomer area
97 Kettle lake in sec. 15, T. 31 N., R. 8 W.
98 Kettle lake in sec. 27, T. 32 N., R. 8 W.
99 Kettle lake in sec. 8, T. 31 N., R. 8 W.
100 Kettle lake in sec. 5 and 6, T. 31 N., R. 8 W.
101 Kettle lake in sec. 26, T. 32 N., R. 8 W.
102 Kettle pond in sec. 6, T. 31 N., R. 8 W.
103 Kettle swamp in sec. 32, T. 32 N., R. 8 W.
104 Large dry kettle in sec. 32, T. 32 N., R. 7 W.
105 Small mound and kettle in sec. 23, T. 32 N., R. 8 W.
106 Large ice-walled lake deposit with elevation 1289 feet
107 Outer wall of ice-walled lake deposit in sec. 33, T. 32 N., R. 8 W.
108 Outer wall of ice-walled lake deposit
109 Top of ice-walled lake deposit
110 View eastward from top of inwash at 1289 feet
111 View westward from top of inwash at 1289 feet
112 Plummer Lake
113 View southwestward from inwash in sec. 30, T. 32 N., R. 8 W.
114 Kettle pond and crevasse fill in sec. 26, T. 31 N., R. 8 W.
115 Crevasse fills or kames in sec. 35, T. 31 N., R. 8 W
116 Esker, sec. 6, T. 30 N., R. 8 W.
117 View southwestward from Cary front in sec. 35, T. 32 N., R. 9 W.
118 Knob and swale topography of Cary end moraine, County Highway AA
119 Outwash and Cary front from County Highway AA
120 Topographic map of the St. Croix Dalles area
121 St. Croix Dalles looking upstream
122 St. Croix Dalles looking downstream
123 Large pothole
124 Pothole with feldspar crystals
125 Circular pothole
126 Small potholes
127 Compound potholes
128 Old Man O' the Dalles
129 Lake O' the Dalles
130 Echo Valley trail
131 Echo Valley cliff
132 Echo Valley talus
133 Potholes on the Minnesota side
134 Large pothole on Minnesota side
135 Devils Chair, a pinnacle of basalt

TABLES
1. Two contrasting classifications of the Wisconsinan Stage
2. Some radiocarbon dates from Wisconsin

Gerald Ford
President of the United States

Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary
U. S. Department of the Interior

Ronald H. Walker, Director
National Park Service

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This publication is one in a series of research studies devoted to special topics which have been explored in connection with the various areas in the National Park System. It is printed at the Government Printing Office.

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Robert Foster, 1918-
Geology of Ice Age National Scientific Reserve of Wisconsin.
National Park Service. Scientific monograph series, no. 2)
1. Glacial epoch—Wisconsin—Ice Age National
Scientific Reserve. 2. Ice Age National Scientific
Reserve, Wis. I. Title. II. Series: United States.
National Park Service. Scientific monograph series,
no. 2.

QE697.B59 551.7'92'09775 74-8279




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