Usage:
Wilshire Till Member of Jessup Formation (IN,OH)
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): DNR test hole 15, in NW/4 NW/4 NE/4 sec. 27, T. 26 N., R. 3 E., 4.5 mi south of Wilshire, OH, Adams Co., IN (Bleuer, 1991).
AAPG geologic province:
Cincinnati arch
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