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  • Usage in publication:
    • Centerville till
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Till
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cincinnati arch
Publication:

Gooding, A.M., 1963, Illinoian and Wisconsin glaciations in the Whitewater basin, southeastern Indiana, and adjacent areas: Journal of Geology, v. 71, no. 6, p. 665-682.


Summary:

Named for Centerville, Wayne Co., southeastern IN. Till below interstadial organic-till units 1, 1, and 2 in Wildman, Smith, and Darrah Farm section, respectively, is considered to represent an Illinoian glacial stade, here called Centerville glacial stade. Centerville stade followed by Abington interstade (new). Centerville till overlies older drift and bedrock; underlies Abington silt. Age is Pleistocene (Illinoian).

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Centerville Till
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cincinnati arch
Publication:

Stewart, D.B., 1977, Lower and middle Wisconsin glacial stratigraphy in the Oxford, Ohio region; Field trip 4: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Great Lakes Section, Field Trip Guidebook, 7, p. 1-13.


Summary:

Illinoian Centerville Till occurs in southeastern IN and in the Oxford, OH, region. Underlies silt of Abington interstadial.

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


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