State | Wisconsin |
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Name | Traverse Group |
Geologic age | Middle Devonian |
Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
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Comments | unit description from USGS Geologic Names lexicon (ref. WI023): Consists of a series of thick-bedded magnesian buffish granular limestones underlying the Huron group and overlying the Corniferous group in Lower Peninsula of MI. |
References | Mudrey, M.G., Jr., Brown, B.A., and Greenberg, J.K., 1982, Bedrock Geologic Map of Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin-Extension, Geological and Natural History Survey, scale 1:1,000,000.USGS Geologic Names lexicon found at: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/search |
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Counties | Milwaukee - Ozaukee - Sheboygan |