INTRODUCTION

1

 

 

 

 

STOP 1.  GEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF THE ROCKFORD SHALE PIT

 

 

The Rockford Area:  A historical perspective

 

 

 

Wayne I. Anderson

5

 

 

 

 

 

The Lime Creek Formation in the Rockford Area:  A geological perspective

 

 

 

Wayne I. Anderson

15

 

 

 

 

 

The brachiopod fauna of the Upper Devonian (Late Frasnian) Lime Creek Formation of north-central Iowa, and related deposits in eastern Iowa

 

 

 

Jed Day

21

 

 

 

 

STOP 2.  GEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF THE LITHOGRAPH CITY QUARRIES

 

 

Lithograph City – historical overview

 

 

 

Bill J. Bunker and Brian J. Witzke

43

 

 

 

 

 

Geology and discussion of the Lithograph City quarries

 

 

 

Bill J. Bunker and Brian J. Witzke

53

 

 

 

 

LUNCH STOP – HISTORIC OSAGE SPRING

 

 

Osage Spring

 

 

 

Robert D. Libra

63

 

 

 

 

 

Bedrock geology in the area of Osage Spring Park

 

 

 

Bill J. Bunker and Brian J. Witzke

65

 

 

 

 

STOP 3.  THE OSAGE SPRINGS MEMBER, LITHOGRAPH CITY FORMATION

 

 

Type section of Osage Springs Member

 

 

 

Bill J. Bunker and Brian J. Witzke

69

 

 

 

 

STOP 4.  KARSTIFICATION NEAR FLOYD, IOWA

 

 

Floyd County Groundwater Protection Project – Sinkhole Cleanout

 

 

 

Frank Moore

75

 

 

 

 

STOP 5.  A LOOK AT PLEISTOCENE ICE WEDGES

 

 

Sediment-filled wedges site west of Charles City

 

 

 

James C. Walters

79

 

 

 

 

STOP 6.  ABANDONED AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE WELLS

 

 

Monitoring of a piezometer nest and nearby private wells in an ADW closure area, Floyd County, Iowa

 

 

 

Deb J. Quade

85

 

 

 

 

 

Floyd County Groundwater Protection Project – Agricultural Drainage Wells

 

 

 

Frank Moore

113