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2018 Year in Review
An overview of some of the projects worked on by the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey in 2018. -
2017 Year in Review
In 2017, Survey staff worked in 69 Wisconsin counties. We mapped geology, inventoried springs, and created groundwater models. We provide natural resource managers – land and water conservationists, county boards, and water utilities – with the information they need to protect and share their resources. This publication provides a summary of some of the... -
Industrial Sand Potential in Wisconsin: Sandstone at or near the Surface
Shows where sandstone can be found within 100 ft (30 m) of the surface.-
Industrial Sand Potential in Wisconsin: Sandstone at or Near the Surface
2013
Map: 21 in x 22.5 in, scale 1:1,000,000
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wiscLITH: A Digital Lithologic and Stratigraphic Database of Wisconsin Geology (Version 3)
Open-file report; contains unpublished data that has not yet been peer-reviewed. A collection of geologic records maintained by the WGNHS and available through a Microsoft Access database.-
wiscLITH: A Digital Lithologic and Stratigraphic Database of Wisconsin Geology, Version Three
2009
Database: Microsoft Access database
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Bedrock Stratigraphic Units in Wisconsin
Large and small posters of our bedrock stratigraphy chart. (Also available as a page-size publication with a brief explanation on how to read the rock column.) -
Log of Field Trip for Western Dane County, Wisconsin
Open-file report; contains unpublished data that has not yet been peer-reviewed. -
Wisconsin's Geologic Past
At different times in the past three billion years, mountains and volcanoes stood tall in Wisconsin, shallow seas covered much of the state, and glaciers plowed across the landscape. This educational poster vividly brings our past to life. Ideal for classrooms. Size: 27 x 39 inches. -
Bedrock Geologic Map of Wisconsin
Describes the types of rocks found throughout the state by age and explains how to interpret the accompanying cross section. -
Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin
Collection of most of the plates accompanying Chamberlin's four-volume Geology of Wisconsin: Survey of 1873-1879.-
Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin: General Geological Map of Wisconsin [plate 1]
1882
Map: Scale 1 in = 15 miles, 25.5 in x 30.3 in
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Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin: General Map of Quaternary Formations [plate 2]
1882
Map: 28.2 in x 32.4 in
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Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin: General Map of Native Vegetation [plate 2A]
1882
Map: 28.2 in x 32.4 in,
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Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin: General Map of Soils [plate 2B]
1882
Map: 28.2 in x 32.5 in
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Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin: Map of Rainfall and Temperature [plate 2C]
1882
Map: 27.7 in x 32.5 in
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Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin: Maps of Subsoils and Native Vegetation of Eastern Wisconsin [plate 3]
1877
Map: 27.82 in x 32.17 in, scale 1 in = 12 miles
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Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin: Maps of Topography and Quaternary Formations of Eastern Wisconsin [plate 4]
1877
Map: 27.83 in x 32.06 in, scale 1 in = 12 miles
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Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin: Geology and Topography of the Lead Region [plate 5]
1877
Map: 27.68 in x 32.18 in
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Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin: Geology and Topography of the Lead Region [plate 6]
1877
Map: 23.98 in x 28.94 in
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Atlas of the Geological Survey of Wisconsin: Geology and Topography of the Lead Region [plate 8]
1877
Map: 24.03 in x 28.38 in
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Bedrock Stratigraphic Units in Wisconsin
Chart showing the layers of rock (stratigraphy) present in Wisconsin, their geologic ages, and the associated rock units. The page-size version explains how to read and interpret this complex diagram. (The stratigraphic column is also available as a poster, see WOFR2006-06.)
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