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Bedrock geology of Brown County, Wisconsin
 Description: Field investigation of the nature and distribution of geologic units
Anticipated products: Report and geologic map (scale 1:100,000) and cross sections
Contact: Thomas J. Evans
Bedrock geology of Dane County, Wisconsin
Description: Investigation of the nature and distribution of geologic units
Anticipated products: Report and geologic map (scale 1:100,000) and cross sections
Contact: Bruce A. Brown
Bedrock geology of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Description: Field investigation of the nature and distribution of rock units at the buried bedrock surface
Anticipated products: Report and geologic map (scale 1:100,000) and cross sections
Completed product: WGNHS Open-File Report 2004-23: Preliminary Paleozoic geologic map of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Contact: William G. Batten
Bedrock geology of Iowa County, Wisconsin
Description: Field investigation of the nature and distribution of geologic units
Anticipated products: Report and geologic map (scale 1:100,000) and cross sections
Contact: William G. Batten
Bedrock geology of the Fox River lowland: Outagamie County, Wisconsin
Description: Investigation of the nature and distribution of geologic units
Anticipated products: Report and geologic map (scale 1:100,000) and cross sections
Completed product: WGNHS Open-File Report 2005-02: Preliminary bedrock geologic map of Outagamie County, Wisconsin
Contact: Bruce A. Brown
Bedrock geology of the Fox River lowland: Winnebago County, Wisconsin
Description: Investigation of the nature and distribution of geologic units
Anticipated products: Report and geologic map (scale 1:100,000) and cross sections
Completed product: WGNHS Open-File Report 2004-24: Preliminary bedrock geologic map of Winnebago County, Wisconsin
Contact: Bruce A. Brown
Pleistocene geology of Chippewa County, Wisconsin
Description: Field investigations of the nature and distribution of surficial geologic units
Completed products: Report and geologic map (scale 1:100,000); see Bulletin 103
Contact: John W. Attig
Pleistocene geology of Columbia County, Wisconsin
Description: Investigation of the nature and distribution of surficial geologic units
Anticipated products: Report and geologic map (scale 1:100,000) and cross sections
Contact: John W. Attig
Landscapes of Dane County, Wisconsin
Description: Description of the processes and history of the landscape
Completed products: Report and geologic map (scale 1:200,000); see Educational Series 43
Contact: John W. Attig
Quaternary geology of Door County, Wisconsin
Description: Field investigations of the nature and distribution of surficial geologic units
Anticipated products: Report and geologic map (scale 1:100,000) and cross sections
Anticipated products: Report and geologic map (scale 1:100,000) and cross sections
Completed product: WGNHS Open-File Report 2004-21: Preliminary Quaternary geologic map of Door County, Wisconsin
Contact: John W. Attig
Pleistocene geology of Kewaunee County, Wisconsin
Description: Investigation of the nature and distribution of surficial geologic units
Anticipated products: Report and geologic map (scale 1:100,000) and cross sections
Completed product: WGNHS Open-File Report 2004-10: Preliminary Pleistocene geologic map of Kewaunee County, Wisconsin
Contact: John W. Attig
Quaternary geology of Manitowoc and Calumet Counties, Wisconsin
Description: Field investigations of the nature and distribution of surficial geologic units
Anticipated products: Report and geologic map (scale 1:100,000) and cross sections
Completed product: WGNHS Open-File Report 2004-09: Preliminary Quaternary geologic map of Calumet and Manitowoc Counties, Wisconsin
Contact: John W. Attig
Quaternary geology of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin
Description: Field investigations of the nature and distribution of surficial geologic units
Anticipated products: Report and geologic map (scale 1:100,000) and cross sections
Contact: John W. Attig
Quaternary geology of St. Croix County, Wisconsin
Description: Field investigations of the nature and distribution of surficial geologic units
Anticipated products: Report and geologic map (scale 1:100,000) and cross sections
Completed product: WGNHS Open-File Report 2004-22: Preliminary Quaternary geologic map of St. Croix County, Wisconsin
Contact: John W. Attig
Quaternary geology of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
Description: Field investigations of the nature and distribution of surficial geologic units
Anticipated products: Report and geologic map (scale 1:100,000) and cross sections
Contact: John W. Attig
Pleistocene geology of Walworth County, Wisconsin
Description: Field investigations of the nature and distribution of surficial geologic units
Anticipated products: Report and geologic map (scale 1:100,000) and cross sections
Completed product: WGNHS Open-File Report 2004-08: Preliminary Pleistocene geologic map of Walworth County, Wisconsin
Contact: John W. Attig
Bedrock geology of southeast Wisconsin: Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Walworth, Waukesha, and Washington Counties, Wisconsin
Description: Description of the nature and distribution of bedrock geologic units
Anticipated products: Report and geologic map and cross sections; depth to bedrock map; elevation of the bedrock surface map (scale 1:100,000)
Completed products: WGNHS Open-File Report 2004-11: Preliminary bedrock geology of Walworth County, Wisconsin. WGNHS Open-File Report 2004-12: Preliminary bedrock geology of Racine County, Wisconsin. WGNHS Open-File Report 2004-13: Preliminary bedrock geology of Kenosha County, Wisconsin. WGNHS Open-File Report 2004-14. Preliminary bedrock geology of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. WGNHS Open-File Report 2004-15. Preliminary bedrock geology of Waukesha County, Wisconsin. WGNHS Open-File Report 2004-16. Preliminary bedrock geology of Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. WGNHS Open-File Report 2004-17. Preliminary bedrock geology of Washington County, Wisconsin. Each report consists of three maps: Preliminary bedrock geologic map; Preliminary bedrock topography map; Preliminary depth to bedrock map. WGNHS Open-File Report 2004-18. Preliminary bedrock geologic map of Walworth, Racine, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, and Washington Counties. WGNHS Open-File Report 2004-19. Preliminary bedrock topography map of Walworth, Racine, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, and Washington Counties. WGNHS Open-File Report 2004-20. Preliminary depth to bedrock map of Walworth, Racine, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, and Washington Counties.
Contact: Thomas J. Evans
Quaternary geology of the Fox River lowland, Wisconsin
Description: Field investigations of the nature and distribution of the surficial geology and history of the glacial Lake Oshkosh basin
Anticipated products: Report and three geologic maps (scale 1:100,000); journal article
Completed products: WGNHS Open-File Report 2005-03: Preliminary Quaternary geologic map of the southern Fox River lowland, Wisconsin. WGNHS Open-File Report 2005-01: Preliminary Pleistocene geologic map of Winnebago County, Wisconsin. WGNHS Open-File Report 2004-04: Preliminary Pleistocene geologic map of the central Fox River lowland. WGNHS Open-File Report 2004-03: General geology and natural resources of Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Field trip guide book. WGNHS Open-File Report 2007-05: Preliminary Quaternary geologic map of the northern Fox River lowland, Wisconsin.
Contact: Thomas S. Hooyer
Quaternary geology of northeastern Wisconsin
Description: Field investigations of the nature and distribution of surficial geologic units
Anticipated products: Report and geologic map (scale 1:250,000), including new mapping of Oneida and Marinette Counties
Contact: John W. Attig
Basal motion of glaciers
Description: Field and laboratory study of factors influencing how glaciers move and interact with the land surface
Completed products: Iverson, N.R., Hooyer, T.S., Fischer, U.H., Cohen, D., Moore, P.L., Jackson, M., Lappegard, G., and Kohler, J., 2007, Soft-bed experiments beneath Engabreen, Norway: Regelation infiltration, basal slip, and bed deformation. Journal of Glaciology. v. 53, no. 182, p. 323-340; Clark, J.A., Befus, K., Hooyer, T.S., Stewart, P., Shipman, T., Gregory, C., and Zylstra, D., 2008, Numerical simulation of the paleohydrology of glacial Lake Oshkosh, Eastern Wisconsin, Quaternary Research, v. 68, 13 p.
Contact: Thomas S. Hooyer
Ice-walled-lake plains of Wisconsin
Description: Description of the nature, occurrence, and origin of ice-walled-lake plains
Completed product: Article, in press, Ice-walled-lake plains: Implications for the origin of hummocky glacial topography in middle North America. To be published in special issue of Geomorphology: Glacial landscape evolution: Implications for glacial processes, patterns and reconstructions.
Contact: John W. Attig
Microstructural characteristics of deformed till
Description: Field and laboratory study of the details of till deformation
Completed products: Hooyer, T.S., Iverson, N.R., Lagroix, F., Thomason, J.F., in press. Magnetic fabric of shear till: A strain indicator for evaluating the bed-deformation model of glacier flow, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface; Iverson, N.R., Hooyer, T.S., Thomason, J.F., Graesch, M. and Shumway, J.R., in press, The experimental basis for interpreting particle and magnetic fabrics of sheared till. In: Reconstructing ice-sheet dynamics from subglacial sediments and landforms, Ed., Ó Cofaigh, and Stokes, C.R., Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.
Contact: Thomas S. Hooyer
Wisconsin mines, pits, and quarries
Description: Database of active and inactive mineral extraction sites
Anticipated product: Interactive database developed in cooperation with Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Contact: Bruce A. Brown
Wisconsin nonmetallic mineral resources and comprehensive planning
Description: Description of nonmetallic mineral resources and their consideration in land-use planning
Anticipated product: Report
Contact: Bruce A. Brown |
