Usage:
/Centerville Drift (IN)
/Centerville Till (IN)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Silurian Centerville Formation by Foerste (1931) in OH and IN.]
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene
Illinoian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Wildman Farm section, which is a composite of three nearby (0.1 mi) exposures along south bank of small stream in NE/4 sec. 33, T. 16 N., R. 14 E., Wayne Co., southeastern IN. Named from nearby town of Centerville (Gooding, 1963).
AAPG geologic province:
Cincinnati arch
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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