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Geologic Unit: Oregon

Usage:

Oregon Till Member of Glasford Formation (IL)


Geologic age:

Quaternary
Pleistocene


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

Type section: Grand Detour section, 16 km south of Oregon, in SW/4 SW/4 NE/4 sec. 25, T. 22 N., R. 9 E., Lee Co., IL (Kempton and others, 1985).


AAPG geologic province:

Wisconsin arch


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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