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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.

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H. B. Willman and John C. Frye

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Original description

Pliocene Series (Lyell, 1833).

Derivation

The Pliocene Series, translated as "more recent," was so named because the major part of the invertebrate fossils are referable to modern species.

Other names

All of the Pliocene Series deposits were previously called "Lafayette", "Lafayette-type", or "Tertiary" gravel. ===History/background=== ==Type section== ===Type location=== ===Type author(s)=== ===Type status=== ==Reference section== ===Reference location=== ===Reference author(s)=== ===Reference status=== ==Stratigraphic relationships== ==Extent and thickness== The Pliocene Series is represented in Illinois by the widespread brown chert gravel deposits of southern Illinois-- the Mounds Gravel-- and the similar but scattered deposits in western Illinois-- the Grover Gravel. ==Lithology== ==Core(s)== ==Photograph(s)== ==Contacts== ==Well log characteristics== ==Fossils== ==Age and correlation== Both the Mounds and Grover Formations probably contain some deposits reworked during the early Pleistocene that are not readily differentiated from those deposited during the late Tertiary. Consequently, both the Mounds and Grover Formations are assigned a Pliocene-Pleistocene age (Willman and Frye, 1970). ==Environments of deposition== ==Economic importance== ==Remarks== ==References== LYELL, CHARLES, 1833, Principles of geology: v. 3, London, p. 52-55, 57-58.<br> WILLMAN, H. B., and J. C. FRYE, 1970, Pleistocene stratigraphy of Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 94, 204 p. {{Codes |membercode=1210 |geo_unit=-- }}

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