Panorama with image 841. C.M. & St. P. Railway cut five miles east of Delmar Junction, north side of cut.
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Date Taken
1914
Summary
Panorama with image 841. C.M. & St. P. Railway cut five miles east of Delmar Junction, north side of cut. 1. Buff loess, leached 10+/- feet - 5-15 feet; 2. Red-brown to rusty buff Kansan till leached 6-7 feet - 15-18 feet; 3. Dense, dark, gray, calcareous Kansan till, rusty along joints - 6+/- feet; 4. Aftotnian gravel and sand, cross-bedded partly clean gray, partly orange to brown, cemented with lime at top - 3-10 feet; 5. Dense, slate-colored, jointed, calcareous pre-Kansan till, upper 1-foot lighter gray, much included wood - 8-12 feet; 6. In part of the section, gray sand and glacial gravel - 3 feet; 7. Slate- colored, fine, laminated, calcareous silt, much disturbed at top by overriding of glacier, much wood included - a few [...]
Summary
Panorama with image 841. C.M. & St. P. Railway cut five miles east of Delmar Junction, north side of cut. 1. Buff loess, leached 10+/- feet - 5-15 feet; 2. Red-brown to rusty buff Kansan till leached 6-7 feet - 15-18 feet; 3. Dense, dark, gray, calcareous Kansan till, rusty along joints - 6+/- feet; 4. Aftotnian gravel and sand, cross-bedded partly clean gray, partly orange to brown, cemented with lime at top - 3-10 feet; 5. Dense, slate-colored, jointed, calcareous pre-Kansan till, upper 1-foot lighter gray, much included wood - 8-12 feet; 6. In part of the section, gray sand and glacial gravel - 3 feet; 7. Slate- colored, fine, laminated, calcareous silt, much disturbed at top by overriding of glacier, much wood included - a few feet. (Note: The horizontal bench shown in the section is due to grading and is not structural.) Waterford Township, NE1/4, Sec. 8, T. 83 N., R. 4 E. Clinton County, Iowa. October 10, 1914.
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