- Usage in publication:
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- Rainsboro Drift, Till
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Till
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Cincinnati arch
Summary:
Name Rainsboro applied to 4 m of calcareous till in Highland Co., southwestern OH. Contains abundant pebbles and cobbles in a compact, locally cemented loam matrix. Till is dark-gray when unoxidized and yellowish-brown when oxidized. Overlies pre-Rainsboro till; underlies Boston Till or Drift. Age is Illinoian.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
- Usage in publication:
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- Rainsboro Till
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- Overview
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Cincinnati arch
Summary:
Rainsboro is exposed on south side of B & O RR cut on boundary between secs 16 and 17 of Liberty Township. Till is pebble-poor, calcareous below an 85-in. leached zone. Forms patchy ground moraine or till plain on bedrock uplands of Appalachian Low Plateau. Thickness 15 ft. Overlies Mississippian flaggy shale; underlies generally thick loess. Age is Illinoian.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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