A new Web site is under construction to be a Wisconsin geologic Wikipedia of sorts, with user-generated content about rock exposures, fossils, sinkholes and more across the state.
Called the Wisconsin Geologic Record, the site is being created by geologists at UW-Richland, UW-Madison and the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey.
“It’s the first of its kind anywhere as far as we know, in that it’s a community-based geologic Web site that really tries to foster collaboration between professionals, students and the public,” said Patrick McLaughlin, a UW-Extension geologist with the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey.
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