Rib Falls

Steven Dutch, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
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Entrance to Rib Falls Park
Left: a sandpit just to the north on County S shows the glacial overburden in the area.
Left: relic of a former dam.
Left and below: the rapids.
Left and below: three rock types occur here: massive greenstone, light greenish-gray diorite and foliated mafic schist. These views show greenstone and diorite.
Left: pothole in greenstone
Left: schist outcrop
Left: closeup of the schist.

Below: potholes in the schist.

Left: View upstream from above the rapids.

 

Left: view upstream from the bridge.

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Created 11 April 2007, Last Update 19 April 2007

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