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Geologic Unit: Batestown
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Batestown Till Member
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Till
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Illinois basin
Publication:

Johnson, W.H., Gross, D.L., and Moran, S.R., 1971, Till stratigraphy of the Danville region, east-central Illinois, IN Goldthwait, R.P., ed., Till; a symposium: Ohio State University Press, Geological Society of America, North-Central Section meeting, Columbus, OH, 1969, p. 184-216.


Summary:

Named the Batestown Till Member of the Wedron Formation for Batestown, Vermilion Co., IL. Consists of 4 meters of gray till. Unit overlies Glenburn Till Member of the Wedron Formation or the Vandalia Till Member of the Glasford Formation and underlies the Snider Hill Till Member of the Wedron Formation. The Batestown is of Pleistocene (Wisconsinan) age.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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