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DNAG, Centennial Field Guides
North-Central Section of the Geological Society of America
Editor(s)
Donald L. Biggs
Donald L. Biggs
531 Hayward Avenue Ames, Iowa 50010
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Copyright:
Geological Society of America, Inc.
© Geological Society of America 1987, ISBN 978-0-8137-5409-3$9
Geological Society of America

Volume
3
ISBN electronic:
9780813754093
ISBN print:
0813754038
Publication date:
January 01, 1987
One hundred field guides, with area maps, to locations in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
Book Chapter
Fort Wayne, Indiana: Paleozoic and Quaternary geology
Author(s)
Jack A. Sunderman
Jack A. Sunderman
Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Indiana University
-Purdue University at Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805
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Published:January 01, 1987
Abstract
The geology displayed in and around the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is interesting and critically important for at least two reasons: (1) a large quarry near the city exposes an unusual variety of Paleozoic strata, some facies of which are not exposed at any other place; and (2) the city is situated at the junction of several Pleistocene glacial features of regional significance (Fig.1).
The largest and most spectacular quarry in northeastern Indiana is the Ardmore Avenue Quarry of May Stone and Sand, Inc., located along Ardmore Avenue in the NE¼Sec.29, T30N., R.12E. on the southwest edge of...
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