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- Whitewater Till, Drift
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- Cincinnati arch
Summary:
Whitewater stade followed Sangamon interglacial stage and was followed by New Paris interstade (new). Whitewater Till underlies New Paris silt. Radiocarbon dates from Whitewater Till do not prove conclusively that the till was deposited more than 41,000 radiocarbon years ago.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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- Whitewater Till
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- Areal extent
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Summary:
Whitewater Till geographically extended to OH and described at Eaton.
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- Whitewater Till
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Summary:
The Huron-Erie lobe Whitewater Till in southeastern IN and southwestern OH consists of multiple till units. Wood from the till yielded several infinite Carbon-14 ages from >42,000 BP to >52,000 BP and wood from silt overlying the till yielded ages of >50,000 BP and >50,950 BP. The Huron-Erie lobe Fairhaven Till overlies the Whitewater Till and was assigned a middle Wisconsinan age by Gooding (1975) consistent with a single finite age of 44,800+/-700 BP from underlying sediments. [Gooding does not refer to the Fairhaven by name.] However, absence of a well-developed paleosol between the Whitewater and Fairhaven indicates an early Wisconsinan age for both tills. Author expresses the opinion (Appendix 1) that the Fairhaven and Whitewater as stratigraphic units, are inadequately defined. [Though author is a USGS scientist, there is no evidence to indicate that manuscript was reviewed by the GNU.]
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- Whitewater Till
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Whitewater Till, until now, has been considered to be basal unit of Wisconsinan sequence in report area based on its position above a weathering profile interpreted to be correlative with the Sangamon soil of IL. The Whitewater has been correlated throughout the Whitewater basin on the basis of color, fabric, and inclusions. Mollusks used in this study are from the New Paris organic silt unit directly overlying the Whitewater Till at their type locality. On the basis of aIle/Ile values, the calcareous organic silt and consequently the underlying Whitewater are interpreted to be pre-Illinoian. If the Fairhaven and Whitewater tills are pre-Wisconsinan, then the basal Wisconsinan till in the area is the late Wisconsinan Fayette Till.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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