Historical:Wilmette Bed
Lithostratigraphy: Lake Michigan Formation >>South Haven Member >>Wilmette Bed
Chronostratigraphy: Cenozoic Erathem >>Quaternary System >>Holocene Series
Authors
John C. Frye and H. B. Willman
Name Origin
The Wilmette Bed of the Sheboygan Member of the Lake Michigan Formation (Lineback et al., 1970, p. 11) is named for Wilmette, Cook County.
Type Section
The type section is in the type section of the Sheboygan Member, interval 112-219.3 cm in core 143.
Extent and Thickness
It is 3-9 inches thick, and it occurs only in the area of southern Lake Michigan where water depth exceeds 270 feet.
Description
It is a bed of gray clay, with some silt and sand, in the middle of the Sheboygan Member.
References
LINEBACK, J. A., N. J. AYER, and D. L. GROSS, 1970, Studies of Lake Michigan bottom sediments- No. 3. Stratigraphy of unconsolidated sediments in the southern part of Lake Michigan: Illinois State Geological Survey Environmental Geology Notes 35, 35 p.
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