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Geologic Units: Fayette
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Fayette stade, drift, 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:

Fayette stade follows New Paris interstade (new) and is followed by Connersville interstade (new). Fayette drift (new name) seems to be bracketed by radiocarbon dates of >40,000 and 20,000+/-500.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Fayette Till
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cincinnati arch
Publication:

Goldthwait, R.P., Stewart, D.P., Franzi, D.A., and Quinn, M.J., 1981, Quaternary deposits of southwestern Ohio; Field trip 9, IN Roberts, T.G., ed., Geomorphology, hydrogeology, geoarchaeology, engineering geology; Volume 3: Geological Society of America Field Trip Guidebook, [94th] annual meeting, Cincinnati, OH, p. 409-432.


Summary:

Ice that deposited the Fayette Till invaded southwestern OH approximately 21,000 years ago. Sand lenses, stringers, and layers are very common suggesting repeated retreat and readvance of the ice. Near Oxford, there are two units composing the Fayette that have different colors, compositions, and fabrics. The subsurface Fayette extends southward in this region to the Butler-Hamilton County boundary. Characteristically the Fayette contains much wood and macerated organic material. Till is usually gray and has a northeast fabric orientation. Overlies Fairhaven Till and underlies Shelbyville Till.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Fayette Till
  • Modifications:
    • Geochronologic dating
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cincinnati arch
Publication:

Miller, B.B., McCoy, W.D., Wayne, W.J., and Brockman, C.S., 1992, Ages of the Whitewater and Fairhaven Tills in southwestern Ohio and southeastern Indiana, IN Clark, P.U., and Lea, P.D., eds., The last interglacial-glacial transition in North America: Geological Society of America Special Paper, 270, p. 89-98.


Summary:

Based on new amino-acid data, the Fairhaven Till is now believed to be Illinoian and the Whitewater Till pre-Illinoian, rather than early and middle Wisconsinan as previously thought. Therefore, the late Wisconsinan Fayette Till is the basal Wisconsinan till in the area.

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


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