Title Geology and landscape of Michigan's Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and vicinity / William L. Blewett

Published Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 181 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps Series Great lakes books series Great Lakes books. Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction and Regional Setting -- Introduction -- Access -- History and Mission of the Park -- Getting Started: The Geologic Time Scale and Pictured Rocks Stratigraphy -- Geologic Setting -- The Pictured Rocks Landscape -- 2. Precambrian and Paleozoic Bedrock -- Overview and Previous Work -- Regional Correlation -- Jacobsville Formation -- Munising Formation -- The Pre-Munising Surface -- Basal Conglomerate Member -- Chapel Rock Member -- Origin of the Chapel Rock Member -- Miners Castle Member -- Au Train Formation -- Fossils in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore -- Geologic History: Sequence of Events -- The Lost Interval -- 3. Ancient Lakes and Relict Shorelines -- Introduction -- Getting Started -- Factors Affecting Lake Levels -- Crustal Rebound -- Ice-Marginal Retreat and Uncovering of Lower Outlets -- Shoreline Patterns---Rebound and the Bathtub Revisited -- Other Factors -- The Lake Sequence in the Lake Superior Basin Contents note continued: Recognized Shorelines -- Sequence of Events -- The Modern Great Lakes -- Features Related to Ancient Lake Levels in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Vicinity -- 4. The Ice Age -- The Glacial Chronology -- A Glacier Primer -- Drift and Bedrock Surface Characteristics -- Bedrock Topography -- Drift Thickness -- Drift Characteristics -- Landforms -- Moraines, Outwash Plains, and Heads of Outwash -- Kingston Lake Kettle Chain -- Drumlins -- Kame Terraces -- Spillways between Lakes Superior and Michigan -- Previous Work -- Deglaciation History -- Discussions and Conclusions -- 5. The Holocene Epoch -- Stream and Lake Networks -- Streams -- Lakes -- Initiation and Evolution of Grand Sable Dunes -- Previous Work -- The Curious History of Sable Creek, Grand Sable Lake, and Grand Sable Dunes -- The Pictured Rocks Cliffs -- Of Agates and Erratics -- The Human Imprint -- Native Americans -- The Sawmill Culture -- Sand Point: A Lesson in Geologic Complexity Contents note continued: Appendix: Pictured Rocks Road Log -- Munising -- Munising Falls -- Memorial and Olsen Falls -- Miners Castle Area -- Miners Beach (east) -- Miners Beach (west) -- Chapel Beach Area -- Mosquito Beach Area -- Melstrand Esker -- Long Lake Channel -- Kingston Plains -- Kingston Lake Kettle Chain -- Hurricane River, Au Sable Point, and the Jacobsville Formation -- Log Slide and Grand Sable Banks and Dunes -- Grand Sable Lake -- Sable Falls Are -- Donahey Woods Site -- Grand Marais Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Geology, Structural -- Michigan -- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Glaciology -- Michigan -- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Paleogeography -- Pleistocene. Paleogeography -- Holocene. Geology, Stratigraphic -- Pleistocene. Geology, Stratigraphic -- Holocene. SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- General. Geology, Stratigraphic Geology, Structural Glaciology Holocene Geologic Period Paleogeography Pleistocene Geologic Epoch SUBJECT Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (Mich.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85102011 Subject Michigan -- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Form Electronic book ISBN 9780814336168 0814336167

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