Wilmette Bed of Sheboygan Member of Lake Michigan Formation (IL*,MI*,WI*)
Quaternary*
Pleistocene*
Wisconsinan*
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 152 to 174 cm, water depth 119 m, Core 143, Lake Michigan, 51 km east of Waukegan, Lat. 42 deg. 21.8 min. N., Long. 87 deg. 10.8 min. W., Lake Co., IL. Named from Wilmette, Cook Co., IL (Lineback and others, 1970).
Michigan basin*
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