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Steven Dutch University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Geology of Wisconsin Steven Dutch University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
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Geology of Wisconsin
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Wisconsin’s Geologic Record
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Wisconsin Pleistocene Deposits
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Timms Hill
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Wisconsin Paleozoic Rocks
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Mindoro Cut
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Wisconsin Precambrian Rocks
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Archean Rocks, Jim Falls
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Wisconsin 2 Billion Years Ago
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Assembling North America
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Oldest Rocks in Wisconsin
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Oldest Rocks in the U.S.
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1900 MY Penokean Orogeny
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Assembling North America
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1700 MY Granite and Rhyolite
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Mazatzal Orogeny
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Cactus Rock
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Baraboo Interval Quartzites
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Yavapai Orogeny
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Baraboo Quartzite
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1450 MY Wolf River Batholith
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Wolf River Batholith
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1100 MY Mid-Continent Rift
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The Grenville Orogeny Begins
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The Grenville Orogeny
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St. Croix Dells
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The Wisconsin Arch
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Erosion of the Wisconsin Arcf
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Present Day
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“Old Man” River?
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Sea Level Falls and Valleys Deepen
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Sea Level Rises and Valleys Fill
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The Mississippi Today
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