National Geologic Map Database
Geologic Unit: Turpin
Usage:
Geologic age:
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
AAPG geologic province:
Usage:
Turpin Drift
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene, late
Wisconsin
Woodfordian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Turpin, Macon Co., IL, located on Turpin moraine (Willman and Frye, 1970).
AAPG geologic province:
Illinois basin
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