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TitleOrdovician section at Shadow Falls
DescriptionView includes the crinkled-appearing Pecatonica Member (below) and Mifflin Member (above) of the Mid Ordovician Platteville Formation. Shadow Falls is on the Saint Paul West Quadrangle (7.5'), Ramsey County, Minnesota. This section is located on the bluffs of the Mississippi River at the end of Summit Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota.
ChronostratigraphyMid Ordovician
LithostratigraphyPlatteville
Geologic provinceHollandale Embayment
LocationUSA ▹ Minnesota ▹ Ramsey. Near St. Paul. Shadow Falls on Summit Avenue.
Coordinates44.942222,-93.196944
PhotographerJoseph Hartman. 1975.
CollectionJoseph Hartman P00523.
Key wordsPlatteville, Pecatonica, Minnesota
Tech details248 KB. Outcrop. Ektachrome; TIFF Format.
GeoDIL number443
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