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| Preliminary Geologic Overview of the Taum Sauk Flood Pathway |
Preliminary Geologic Map Explanation |
Taum Sauk Rhyolite |
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| Fractures in Taum Sauk Rhyolite |
Contact Zone Between Taum Sauk Rhyolite and Munger Granite |
Munger Granite |
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| Taum Sauk Reservoir breach and scour path |
Sandstone Beds in Cambrian Basal Conglomerate |
Cross-section of Proffit Mountain |
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| Simplified Cross-section Proffit Mountain |
Cross-section of Proffit Mountain |
Saprolite/Colluvium (Weathered Granite and Rhyolite boulders) |
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| Granite Pinnacle Broken off by Debris Flow |
Spheroidal Weathering of Igneous Rock (Elephant Rocks on a much smaller scale) |
Spheroidal Weathering of Diabase |
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| The Beach - Cambrian Basal Conglomerate |
Sandstone Layer in Basal Conglomerate |
Cambrian Dolomite |
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| Igneous Fragments in Cambrian Dolomite |
Boulder-Armored Residuum |
Grooves Caused by Flood Flow |
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| Grooves in Munger Granite |
Fault Gouge in Taum Sauk Rhyolite |
Slickensides in Taum Sauk Rhyolite |
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| Flood Sediments |
Flood Deposits |
Tree Bark Removed by Flood Sediments |
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| Pebbles Hammered into Wood by Boulders |
Battered Parapet Wall Section |
Cross-section of Proffit Mountain |