Island-scale physical-geography baseline for Beaver Island: generalized Quaternary geology with separate bedrock, landsystem, and critical-dune survey symbols.
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A portrait-oriented map shows a large landform outlined in blue, surrounded by pale blue water and a latitude-longitude grid. Broad tan, green, and yellow areas divide geological and landform zones, with hatched areas near portions of the shoreline. A legend appears at upper left, a scale bar appears near the lower left, and fine-print credits run along the bottom.
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Drawn from the archive's own data in EPSG:3078. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); Michigan Geological Survey Quaternary and bedrock geology, glacial landsystems, critical dune areas, and USGS 3DEP (public domain).
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Beaver Island geology and landforms Island-scale physical-geography baseline Survey layers Lacustrine sand and gravel Dune sand Coarse-textured glacial till Bedrock formation contact Glacial-landsystem boundary Critical Dune Area
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Catalogued as an atlas plate titled “Beaver Island geology and landforms,” held by the Beaver Island Archive in the Physical Geography Atlas collection. The record describes generalized Quaternary geology with separate bedrock, landsystem, and critical-dune survey symbols. Credits cite archive data, OpenStreetMap contributors, the Michigan Geological Survey, and USGS 3DEP.
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Small map labels, coordinate markings, scale-bar values, and bottom credits are not fully legible.
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Credit this to Drawn from the archive's own data in EPSG:3078. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); Michigan Geological Survey Quaternary and bedrock geology, glacial landsystems, critical dune areas, and USGS 3DEP (public domain). when you use it.
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- Beaver Island Archive
- Collection
- Atlas plates
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- scripts/make_geology_atlas.py
- Title from
- this archive, which drew the plate
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“Beaver Island geology and landforms”. Beaver Island Archive. Beaver Island Archive, https://beaverislandarchive.org/media/plate/beaver-island-geology/.
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