Publications Catalog

This four-part series describes the results of a comprehensive inventory and assessment of Iowa County's groundwater resources. Covers water-table elevation, groundwater recharge, groundwater susceptibility, and the springs of Iowa County.

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.

Three-part series describes the results of a comprehensive inventory and assessment of Columbia County's groundwater resources. Covers water-table elevation, groundwater recharge, and groundwater susceptibility.

Series of 43 page-size maps showing the chronology of the last glaciation's advances and retreats across Wisconsin. Includes a brief discussion about how the maps were made, how lake positions were determined, as well as a list of selected references.

Most Wisconsin municipalities already disinfect their water supply. For those that don't, this publication describes how viruses from untreated sewage can contaminate groundwater, causing acute gastrointestinal illness. It also identifies available technology for treating water.

A groundwater flow model developed for Geneva Lake and the surrounding region helps answer questions about flow into and out of the lake, and projects scenarios given increased pumping rates and potential long-term changes in climate.

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.

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...