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. |
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 | Left and below: three rock types occur here: massive greenstone, light greenish-gray diorite and foliated mafic schist. These views show greenstone and diorite. |
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 | Left: pothole in greenstone |
 | Left: schist outcrop |
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Left: closeup of the schist. Below: potholes in the schist. |
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Left: View upstream from above the rapids.
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 | Left: view upstream from the bridge. |
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Created 11 April 2007, Last Update 19 April 2007
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