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Primary source[edit]

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)[edit]

John C. Frye and H. B. Willman

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Original description[edit]

Belgium Member, Banner Formation (Johnson, 1971, p. 10).

Derivation[edit]

Named for the town of Belgium, Vermilion County.

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Type location[edit]

The type section is in the same exposure as the Hegeler Till Member, in the Harmattan Strip Mine No. 2 (SE SW SW 34, 20N-12W).

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Stratigraphic relationships[edit]

The Belgium Member is bounded below by the Hegeler Till Member or bedrock and above by the Harmattan Till Member.

Extent and thickness[edit]

The Belgium Member consists of two units; the lower is massive, tan to dark gray-brown, carbonaceous, calcareous, fossiliferous silt 0.5-2.5 feet thick (Leonard et al., 1971), and the upper is brown calcareous clay 0.5-1.5 feet thick. It is known in only the one locality in central eastern Illinois. It is known in only the one locality in central eastern Illinois.

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Reference(s)[edit]

place a <pre><br></pre>at the end of a line to get a line return JOHNSON, W. H., 1971, Old glacial drift near Danville, Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Circular 457, 16 p.<br> LEONARD, A. B., J. C. FRYE, and W. H. JOHNSON, 1971, Illinoian and Kansan molluscan faunas of Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Circular 461, 23 p.<br>

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