Publications
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Alden, William. 1902. Chicago Folio. U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Atlas of the United States. Number 81, 14 pages, 12 large sheet maps and other illustration pages. Covers illustrated with other information from U.S.G.S. Out-of-print and rare.
- Bretz, J Harlen. 1939. Geology of the Chicago Region: Part I - General. Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, IL. 118 pages, one plate. Reprinted in 1964 without the plate, both editions are out-of-print and rare.
- Bretz, J Harlen. 1955. Geology of the Chicago Region: Part II - The Pleistocene. Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, IL. 132 pages. Reprinted in 1964 without the plate, both editions are out-of-print and rare.
- Bristol, Hubert M. and Janis D. Treworgy. 1979. The Wabash Valley Fault System in Southeastern Illinois. Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, IL. Circular 509. 19 pages.
- Collinson, Charles W. 1956. 1959 revised. 1991 printing. A guide for beginning fossil hunters. Illinois State Geological Survey Educational Series #4. In print. Magnificent illustrations make it a "must have" for all Illinois fossil hunters. The binding tends to fall apart; tape it when you get it.
- Droste, John B. and Robert H. Shaver. 1983. Atlas of Early and Middle Paleozoic Paleogeography of the Southern Great Lakes Area. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey Special Report 32. 32 pages.
- Gross, David L. and Richard C. Berg. 1981. Geology of the Kankakee River System in Kankakee County, Illinois. Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, IL. Environmental Geology Notes 92. 80 pages.
- Keys, John N. and W. John Nelson. 1980. The Rend Lake Fault System in Southern Illinois. Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, IL. Circular 513. 23 pages, one plate.
- Killey, Myrna M. 1998. Illinois' Ice Age Legacy. Illinois State Geological Survey GeoScience Education Series 14. 66 pages. Profusely illustrated and glossary.
- Killey, Myrna M. (ed.) 1991. Field Trip Guidebook, 34th Annual Meeting, Association of Engineering Geologists, North-Central Section, Chicago, Illinois. Seven sections, not paginated.
- Kolata, Dennis R. and T.C. Buschbach. 1976. Plum River Fault Zone of Northwestern Illinois. Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, IL. Circular 491. 20 pages.
- Kolata, Dennis R., T.C. Buschbach and Janis D. Treworgy. 1978. The Sandwich Fault Zone of Northern Illinois. Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, IL. Circular 505. 26 pages.
- McGinnis, Lyle D. 1966. Crustal Tectonics and Precambrian Basement in Northeastern Illinois. Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, IL. Report of Investigations 219. 29 pages, two plates.
- Mikulic, Donald G. 1990. Cross Section of the Paleozoic Rocks of Northeastern Illinois: Implications for Subsurface Aggregate Mining. Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, IL. Illinois Minerals 106. 14 pages.
- Mikulic, Donald G. and Joanne Kluessendorf. 1994. The Classic Silurian Reefs of the Chicago Area. Pages 194 to 240 in Field Trips Guidebook, Kalamazoo. Geological Society of America, North-Central Section.
- Mikulic, Donald G., Michael L. Sargent, Rodney D. Norby and Dennis R. Kolata. 1985. Silurian Geology of the Des Plaines River Valley, Northeastern Illinois. Nineteenth Annual Meeting, North-Central Section of the Geological Society of America. Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL April 25-27, 1985. 56 pages.
- Nelson, W. John. 1995. Structural Features in Illinois. Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, IL. 144 pages, two plates.
- Nelson, W. John and H.F. Krausse. 1981. The Cottage Grove Fault System in Southern Illinois. Illinois Institute of Natural Resources, State Geological Survey Division, Urbana, IL. Circular 522. 65 pages, one plate.
- Reinertsen, David L. and Dwain J. Berggren. 1971. Palos Hills Area: Geological Science Field Trip. Guide Leaflet 1971G. Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, IL. 23 pages.
- Schuberth, Christopher J. 1986. A View of the Past: An Introduction to Illinois Geology. Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL. 181 pages.
- Visocky, Adrian P., Marvin G. Sherrill and Keros Cartwright. 1985. Geology, Hydrology, and Water Quality of the Cambrian and Ordovician Systems in Northern Illinois. Illinois State Geological Survey, Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign, IL. Cooperative Groundwater Report 10. 136 pages.
- Wiggers, Raymond. 1997. Geology Underfoot in Illinois. Mountain Press Publishing Company. Missoula, Montana. This book essentially copies ISGS guidebook information into one state-wide source. Some guidebooks copied were written before plate tectonics was accepted by American geologists. Read with caution.
- Willman, H.B. 1971. Summary of the Geology of the Chicago Area. Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, IL. Circular 460. 77 pages, one plate. In print and worth it for the plate alone. The plate is also available flat (rolled) or laminated (rolled) from ISGS.
- Willman, H.B. 1973. Geology Along the Illinois Waterway -- A Basis for Environmental Planning. Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, IL. Circular 478. 48 pages, seven plates.
- Willman, H.B., Elwood Atherton, T.C. Buschbach, Charles Collinson, John C. Frye, M.E. Hopkins, Jerry A. Lineback and Jack A. Simon. 1975. Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy. Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, IL. Bulletin 95. 261 pages.
Source of:
Standard rock symbols .
Ordovician fossils .
Devonian fossils .
Mississippian fossils .
Pennsylvanian fossils
- Willman, H.B. and John C. Frye. 1970. Pleistocene Stratigraphy of Illinois. Illinois State Geological Survey. Bulletin 94. 204 pages, three plates. Unfortunately out-of-print as it has fascinating old pictures and some interesting maps.
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