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Regional Tectonic Setting and Bedrock Geology, Superior Province, MI

By Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center
Map of regional tectonic setting and bedrock geology for the Lake Superior region, MN, WI, MI
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Regional tectonic setting and bedrock geology in the southern Superior Province, central upper Peninsula, Michigan. The Archean to Proterozoic transition is exposed across parts of northern Michigan, northern Wisconsin, and Minnesota, and continues in the relatively shallow sub-Paleozoic basement to the east, west, and south of its exposed belt. GLTZ: Great Lakes tectonic zone. Figure 2 from Drenth and others, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106205. 

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Geophysical insights into Paleoproterozoic tectonics along the southern margin of the Superior Province, central Upper Peninsula
Drenth, B.J., Cannon, W.F., Schulz, K.J., and Ayuso, R.A., 2021, Geophysical insights into Paleoproterozoic tectonics along the southern margin of the Superior Province, central Upper Peninsula, Michigan, USA: Precambrian Research, 359, 106205, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106205.