Harmattan Till Member

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Lithostratigraphy: Banner Formation >>Harmattan Till Member
Chronostratigraphy: Cenozoic Erathem >>Quaternary System >>Pleistocene Series

Primary source

Willman, H. B., Elwood Atherton, T. C. Buschbach, Charles Collinson, John C. Frye, M. E. Hopkins, Jerry A. Lineback, and Jack A. Simon, 1975, Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 95, 261 p.

Contributing author(s)

John C. Frye and H. B. Willman

Name

Original description

Harmattan Till Member, Banner Formation (Johnson et al., 1971, p. 194).

Derivation

Named for the Harmattan Strip Mine near Danville, Vermilion County (NE 4, 19N-12W).

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History/background

Type section

Type location

The type section is in the Harmattan Strip Mine near Danville, Vermilion County (NE 4, 19N-12W).

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Stratigraphic relationships

It is bounded at the base by the Belgium Member, or bedrock, and at the top by the Hillery Till Member.

Extent and thickness

In the type area it is 8 feet thick, and it is known definitely only in the Danville area.

Lithology

The member is largely gray, calcareous, dense, hard till, but the upper part contains lenticular bodies of gravelly sand.

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References

JOHNSON, W. H., D. L. GROSS, and S. R. MORAN, 1971, Till stratigraphy of the Danville region, east-central Illinois, in Till, A Symposium: Ohio State University Press, Columbus, p. 184-216; Illinois State Geological Survey Reprint 1972-I.

ISGS Codes

Stratigraphic Code Geo Unit Designation
1080
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