The Story of the Geologic Making of Southern Illinois (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The Story of the Geologic Making of Southern Illinois explains how southern Illinois took shape through long, slow Earth processes. This book combines clear explanations with fossil evidence to reveal a region’s deep-time story.

From ancient seas to shifting shorelines, the text traces how rocks, fossils, and landscapes record millions of years of change. It explains concepts like geologic time, sediment formation, and the forces that bend and lift the earth, all in accessible language.

• Understand how rock layers form, erode, and reveal a region’s hidden history.


• See how fossils help scientists date rocks and reconstruct past environments.


• Learn about major episodes like the Mississippian sea, the Iowan fauna, and the Chester sedimentary sequence.


• Explore how faults, igneous activity, and ancient coastlines shaped today’s Illinois landscape.

Ideal for readers of natural history and regional geology who want a grounded, readable overview of how a region’s geology tells its long, eventful story.

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