Keeping in mind that in Geology we put the older time periods at the bottom of the legend, what geologic structure makes up most of the state of Illinois?
Keeping in mind that in Geology we put the older time periods at the bottom of the legend, what geologic structure makes up most of the state of Illinois?
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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Chapter1: The Study Of Minerals
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Transcribed Image Text:Keeping in mind that in Geology we put the
older time periods at the bottom of the legend,
what geologic structure makes up most of the
state of Illinois?
O Anticline
O Dome
O Syncline
O Basin

Transcribed Image Text:BEDROCK GEOLOGY
OF ILLINOIS
Pieistocene and
Piocene not shown
TERTIARY
clay, sane
CRETACEOUS
sand gravel
PENNSYLVANIAN
upper
shale, sandstone.
imestone, coal
middle
shale, sandslone.
imestone, coal
lower
sandstone, shale,
Icoal mestone
MISSISSIPPIAN
imestone,
sandstone, shale
DEVONIAN
imestone,
chert, ahalo
SILURIAN
dolomite
ORDOVICIAN
imestone, sandstone.
colomito, shale
faut
CAMBRIAN
sandstone, dolomite
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