Publications Catalog

Describes how and where fossils form, what fossils tell us about ancient environments, how to collect fossils, and where to look for them. Heavily illustrated.

A guide to understanding the basics of township, range, and section.

Explains the geologic causes of the county’s natural landscape and follows each description with an exploration of the parts of the county that showcase specific geologic features. Includes a folded color map that shows the surface geology and locations of parks. Heavily illustrated.

The Survey's annual poster calendar featuring Wisconsin scenery. The 2016 image showcases the Wisconsin River from the Ferry Bluff overlook.

Brief technical description of Wisconsin’s geologic history, glacial phases and lobes, and correlation and distribution of Pleistocene units. Heavily illustrated.

Devils Lake State Park is a place of striking geologic contrasts, where some of the oldest rock exposed in southern Wisconsin lies next to some of the youngest geologic materials in the state. The purple rock (called Baraboo quartzite) in the walls of Devils Lake gorge is more than 1.7 billion years old; the glacially deposited ridges that block both ends...

Annual summaries of metallic mineral exploration in Wisconsin for 1980-1987. Each summary includes statistical reviews of exploration activity, highlights of the year's activity, and reviews of legislative actions affecting exploration.