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Title: Ancient shorelines of Southwestern Lake Michigan

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Dates

  • Issued: 2000
  • Coverage: 2000
  • Coverage: 2000 to 2000

Publishers

  • Indiana. Geological Survey

Summary

Includes illustrations, text, graphs showing "Lake-level fluctuations over the past 4,700 years" and a timeline showing historical events since 1166 B.C. tied to specific beach ridges. "Poster 1.1.""The map below was created by tracing beach ridges from a series of aerial photographs of northern Lake and Porter Counties taken in 1938."

Imprint: [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, Indiana Geological Survey, 2000.

Dimensions: 76 x 87 cm; Scale: 1:59,000

Coordinates: W0873136 W0871307 N0414539 N0410943

Subjects

  • Indiana--Porter County
  • Indiana--Lake County
  • Lake Michigan
  • Indiana
  • Lakes
  • Beach ridges
  • Maps

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-87.510,-87.210,41.750,41.150)

Provider

Indiana University

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Thompson, Todd A.(Todd Alan), 1959-cartographer. Ancient shorelines of Southwestern Lake Michigan. Indiana. Geological Survey. Thematic maps. https://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/images/VAC3073/VAC3073-M-00193

Format

JPEG

Languages

  • eng