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Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, And Deformational Significance Of Cambrian And Early Ordovician Strata Along The Southeast Wisconsin Arch, Allison Raeann Kusick
Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, And Deformational Significance Of Cambrian And Early Ordovician Strata Along The Southeast Wisconsin Arch, Allison Raeann Kusick
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A detailed study of the stratigraphic units in and around the Wisconsin Arch of central and southeast Wisconsin are presented to refine the sedimentologic record and the geologic implications within the Cambrian and early Ordovician strata. The Cambrian and early Ordovician sediments in central and southeast Wisconsin unconformably overlie a topographic high composed of Precambrian basement rocks, called the Wisconsin Arch, and consist of various clastic deposits, dolostones, and several horizons of deformation. Bedrock cores, made available through the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (WGNHS), were analyzed, to understand sedimentation in the Cambrian and early Ordovician. My analyses focused …