Late Wisconsinan and Holocene landscape evolution and alluvial stratigraphy in the Saylorville Lake area, central Des Moines River Valley, Iowa /
prepared by E. Arthur Bettis III and Bernard E. Hoyer.

Description

Main Author

Bettis, E. Arthur.

Related Names

Hoyer, Bernard E.
Iowa Geological Survey.

Language(s)

English

Published

Iowa City, Iowa : Iowa Geological Survey, 1986.

Subjects

Geology > Geology / Iowa > Geology / Iowa / Des Moines Lobe.
Geology > Geology / Des Moines River Valley (Minn. and Iowa)
Geology, Stratigraphic > Geology, Stratigraphic / Holocene.
Geology, Stratigraphic > Geology, Stratigraphic / Wisconsinan.
Paleontology > Paleontology / Des Moines River Valley (Minn. and Iowa)
Paleontology, Stratigraphic.
Saylorville Reservoir (Iowa)

Summary

"To identify, map, and date the landforms making up the valley landscape as well as the deposits below those landforms, in order to provide archaeologists and managers with a physical framework in which the cultural resources of the area can be evaluated."

Note

"Investigations for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District, under terms of contract no DACW25-84-C-0044 by the Iowa Geological Survey."

Physical Description

x, 82, 206, 35, 8 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. + 3 folded maps in pocket.

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