Magnesian Escarpment

The Magnesian escarpment is the most westerly of three prominent escarpments that run north-south in Wisconsin.[1][2][3] All three escarpments are formed by the edges of layers of sedimentary rocks. The easternmost and most prominent escarpment is the Niagara escarpment formed where younger and harder layers of dolomite overlay softer sedimentary rocks. The Black River Escarpment is capped by another layer of relatively harder rocks, overlay older softer rocks. The rocks of the Magnesian layer overlay rocks of the Cambrian Period, the oldest sedimentary rocks that contain fossils.

References

  1. ↑ Lawrence Martin (1965). The physical geography of Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-03475-7. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
  2. ↑ "The Eastern Ridges and Lowlands of Wisconsin". Wisconsin Online. Retrieved 2010-09-14. mirror
  3. ↑ Gaither Merlin Randall (1954). "Ground water conditions in the sandstone aquifer of northwest Dane County, Wisconsin" (PDF). University of Wisconsin. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-08-01.

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