Map showing the surficial deposits of southeastern Wisconsin
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- Created Date
- 1917
- Description
This U.S. Geological Survey map of southeastern Wisconsin shows the surface deposits east of the Wisconsin River, from the Illinois state line north to Necedah and Oshkosh. The map depicts various deposits including marsh deposits, dune sand, alluvium, terraces formed by waters of Nipissing Great Lakes and its tributary streams, beach sand and gravel, red glacial drift, terminal moraines, channels of abandoned outlets of glacial waters, lower terraces of outwash sand and gravel, eskers, interlobate morainal deposits of the Green Bay and Lake Michigan glaciers, drumlins, and driftless areas. Counties, cities and villages, lakes, streams, and railroads are identified.
- Creator
Alden, William C.(William Clinton) b. 1871
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Publisher
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Subjects
- Geology
- Location
- Wisconsin;
[Washington, D.C.] - Type
- image
- Format
- Geological map
- Language
- English
- Rights
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- Chicago citation style
- Alden, William C.(William Clinton) b. 1871. Map showing the surficial deposits of southeastern Wisconsin. 1917. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/1098. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Alden, William C.(William Clinton) b. 1871, (1917) Map showing the surficial deposits of southeastern Wisconsin. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/1098
- MLA citation style
- Alden, William C.(William Clinton) b. 1871. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/1098>.