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Geologic Unit: Northampton

Usage:

Northampton Till (OH)


Geologic age:

Quaternary
Pleistocene
Wisconsinan


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Exposures in abandoned gravel pit in Northampton Twp., northern Summit Co., OH (Szabo and Miller, 1986).
[Type] section: Lat. 41 deg. 09 min. 30 sec. N., Long. 81 deg. 31 min. 45 sec. W., 108 m south of the end of Woodbrook St., east of its intersection with Northampton Road (Szabo, 1987).


AAPG geologic province:

Appalachian basin


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