Publications specific to the Cannon River Wilderness Area:

Analysis And Photomicrographs Of Iron Springs In The CRWA, Dr. Daniel Jones, University of Minnesota, 2015.

CRWA Forest Stewardship Program Inventory, Dan Milbert, Dick Peterson and Hanna Dunevitz, 1996.

Erosional Features, Cannon River Wilderness Park and Surrounding Areas, Bonnie Rohr, David Ratner, and Judith Friedman, 1980 (text and figures – large file 68 MB).

Erosional Features, Cannon River Wilderness Park and Surrounding Areas, Bonnie Rohr, David Ratner, and Judith Friedman, 1980 (figures only –  not so large a file 19 MB).

On the Aggregate Volume of Soil Accumulated over the Cannon River Wilderness Park, Jennie Barnes, Christi Conkling, Stephanie Mayer, Samantha Nakata, 2005.  (A class project by Carleton College undergraduate students, not peer-reviewed for publication.)

Publications relevant to the immediate region:

Geologic atlas of Rice County, Minnesota, C-9, Part A, Plate 2, Bedrock Geology, 1995

Historical Agriculture And Soil Erosion In The Upper Mississippi Valley Hill Country, Stanley W. Trimble, CRC Press, 2013 (book).

Historical Valley Floor Sedimentation In The Upper Mississippi Valley, James C. Knox, 1987.

Minnesota at a Glance:  Ancient Tropical Seas – Paleozoic History of Southeastern Minnesota, A. C. Runkle, University of Minnesota, 2002.

Minnesota at a Glance: Fossil Collecting In The Twin Cities Area, J. Mossler and S. Benson, University of Minnesota, 1995