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Geologic Units: Bennington
Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Bennington Drift
    • Bennington Till
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Till
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Stewart, D.P., and MacClintock, Paul, 1969, The surficial geology and Pleistocene history of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 31, 251 p., [Glacial geology of the state; can accompany the surficial geologic map of Vermont]


Summary:

Pg. 60-70. Bennington Drift (and Bennington Till). Blue-gray to gray silty and sandy till. Age is Pleistocene.
Type locality: exposed at surface in small area between Bennington and Brattleboro, Bennington quadrangle, Bennington Co., southwestern VT.

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