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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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Geological Society of America

Volume
3
Copyright:
Geological Society of America, Inc.
© Geological Society of America 1987, ISBN 978-0-8137-5409-3$9
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
The Silurian reefs near Wabash, Indiana
Author(s)
Robert H. Shaver
Robert H. Shaver
Department of Geology, Indiana University
, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
Indiana Geological Survey
, 611 North Walnut Grove, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
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Published:January 01, 1987
Abstract
The geology of the area in and near the City of Wabash, located in Wabash County along the upper Wabash River (Fig. 1), has had an important role in the development of modern concepts of Silurian sedimentation and reef growth in the southern Great Lakes area. The geologic significance of this area goes beyond an understanding of Silurian rocks in themselves, as Silurian reef studies have served as models in the development of fossil-reef and attendant sedimentation concepts throughout the geologic column.
One focal site is that of one of the best known fossil reefs in the world, The...
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