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Album caption: Mature loess-Kansan erosion topography. North fork of Skunk River, one mile northeast of Rhodes. Kansan drift area. Rhodes Township, Sec. 3 and 10, T. 82 N., R. 20 W. Marshall County, Iowa. July 1, 1914.
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Panorama with image 862. View north to northwest in Volga River valley from a point one mile southeast of Mederville showing the "second plain" or outer valley developed in the Maquoketa shale between the upper wooded bluffs of Niagara limestone and the inner gorge cut in Galena limestone. Relief 400 feet. Cox Creek Township, Sec. 27. Clayton County, Iowa. July 16, 1915.
View northwest from a point a quarter-mile west of Arispe, six-miles south of Afton, Iowa. Mature erosion on Kansan drift. No loess, weathered drift mantled with gray "gumbo." Tributary to Grand River. T. 71. N., R. 29 W. Union County, Iowa. September 30, 1914.
Mature erosion on Kansan drift. Six-miles southwest of Afton, Iowa. T. 71 N., R. 30 W. Union County, Iowa. September 30, 1914.
View northeast form a point about three miles northwest of Clermont, showing erosion topography developed on Maquoketa shale and mantled with loess. Relief about 300 feet. Clermont Township. Fayette County, Iowa. July 21, 1915.
View in Cox gravel pit east of Missouri Valley, southeast side of Boyer River valley shows: (1) Mixed and infolded rusty gray, Kansan glacial till, 10 feet; (2) Cross bedded "Aftonian" sand and gravel undisturbed. Harrison County, Iowa. No date.
300-foot bluff of loess over glacial drift, four miles north of Council Bluffs, Garner Township, NW1/4, Sec. 11, on C.& NW. Railway. Iowa- Omaha quadrangle. Pottawattamie County, Iowa. September 8, 1919.
Panorama with image 955. [View] looking north along bluffs of Missouri River near C.& NW. Railway, north of Council Bluffs, Iowa, near Iowa Lake, Garner Township, Sec. 13. Bluffs 300 feet high, narrow crested and principally loess (buff over reddish) underlain by glacial drift. The dissected bench-like lower slope is loess underlain by Kansan till, Aftonian gravel and Nebraskan till. Alluvial flat at left and silt bars in river at low water. Iowa-Omaha quadrangle. Pottawattamie County, Iowa. September 8, 1919.
View south from a point two-miles south of Afton, Iowa. Mature erosion on Kansan drift. No loess, weathered drift, mantled with gray "gumbo." Tributary to Grand River. T. 72 N., R. 29 W. Union County, Iowa. September 30, 1914.
Panorama with images 849 and 850. Three and one-half miles east of Manning, C.M. & St. P. Railway cut (north side), showing: 1. Buff loess - 3-15 feet; 2. Gray loess - 3-15 feet; 3. Dense gray non-calcareous, gumbo containing a few small pebbles - 15 feet; 4. Buff to yellow, calcareous till (pre-Kansan?) - 15 feet. Warren Township, NW1/4, Sec. 13. Carroll County, Iowa. June 10, 1915.
Mature erosion on Kansan drift. Loess thin on weathered drift. Tributary to Skunk River. Relief 100-150 feet. Eleven-miles west of Washington. Dutch Creek Township, Sec. 9, T. 75 N., R. 11 W. Washington County, Iowa. October 1, 1914.
Loess ridges comprising the Missouri River bluffs, seven miles north of Council Bluffs, Crescent Township, Sec. 26, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Showing lobed ridges and steep, ungullied slopes. Iowa-Omaha quadrangle. Pottawattmie County, Iowa. September 9, 1919.
Panorama with image 854. One and one-half miles east of Manning. North side of C.M. & St. P. Railway cut east of viaduct. 1. Loess - 8- 15 feet; 2. Yellow calcareous till (Kansan) - 0-15 feet; 3. In center of view is stratified sand; 4. Dense gray, non-calcareous gumbo - 0-15 feet. Upper surface of No.4 is very uneven as though eroded or pushed up by overriding of the later ice. Warren Township, W1/2, Sec. 15. Carroll County, Iowa. June 10, 1915.
Panorama with images 847 and 848. C.M. & St. P. Railway cut, two miles northwest of Dedham, showing (north side): 1. Buff loess - 5-10 feet; 2. Gray loess with shells, calcium-carbonate concretions and iron oxide pipes - 5-8 feet; 3. Dense brown leached till (Kansan?) - 5-6 feet; 4. Buff calcareous till (Kansan?) - 45-50 feet; 5. Gray calcareous till (Kansan?) 0-10 feet (seams are filled with plates of selenite crystals). Newton Township, SW1/4, Sec. 7. Carroll County, Iowa. June 10, 1915.
Panorama with images 846 and 848. C.M. & St. P. Railway cut, two miles northwest of Dedham, showing (north side): 1. Buff loess - 5-10 feet; 2. Gray loess with shells, calcium-carbonate concretions and iron oxide pipes - 5-8 feet; 3. Dense brown leached till (Kansan?) - 5-6 feet; 4. Buff calcareous till (Kansan?) - 45-50 feet; 5. Gray calcareous till (Kansan?) 0-10 feet (seams are filled with plates of selenite crystals). Newton Township, SW1/4, Sec. 7. Carroll County, Iowa. June 10, 1915.
Panorama with images 843 and 844. C.M. & St. P. Railway cut (north side) 1 1/2 miles west of Manning, showing: 1. Buff loess - 10-15 feet; 2. Buff calcareous till (Kansan?) - 10 feet; 3. Gray pebbly clay, may be lower part of No. 2 - 3 feet; 4. Gray pebble-less laminated clay with black carbonaceous soil band - 0-1 feet; 5. Dense gray, non- calcareous gumbo, containing small pebbles - 12-15 feet; 6. Rusty yellow till (pre-Kansan?) - 15 feet. Warren Township, NW1/4, Sec. 18. Carroll County, Iowa. June 8, 1915.
Ridges of loess over glacial drift comprising the Missouri River bluffs seven miles north of Council Bluffs, Crescent Township, Sec. 26. Steep ungullied slopes marked by "cat-steps." Iowa-Omaha quadrangle. Pottawattamie County, Iowa. September 9, 1919.
C.M.& St. P. Railway cut five miles east of Delmar Junction. Branching log of wood embedded in silt beneath pre-Kansan till in lower part of section at left shown in photo 838. The loose pieces were gathered from other places in the silt and the overlying till. Waterford Township, NE1/4, Sec. 8, T. 83 N., R. 4 E. Clinton County, Iowa. October 10, 1914.
Panorama with image 956. [View] looking north along bluffs of Missouri River near C.& NW. Railway, north of Council Bluffs, Iowa, near Iowa Lake, Garner Township, Sec. 13. Bluffs 300 feet high, narrow crested and principally loess (buff over reddish) underlain by glacial drift. The dissected bench-like lower slope is loess underlain by Kansan till, Aftonian gravel and Nebraskan till. Alluvial flat at left and silt bars in river at low water. Iowa-Omaha quadrangle. Pottawattamie County, Iowa. September 8, 1919.
Street cut in point of bluff at Missouri Valley, Iowa, north of Third Ward School. It shows 50-60 feet of loess exposed in nearly vertical face for several years. Bluff at left facing Missouri River exposes gravelly drift below bottom of this cut, which is about 50 feet above First Street and St. Clair on the flat. Harrison County, Iowa. No date.
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