Historical:Glenburn Till Member

	Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy
Series	Bulletin 95
Author	H. B. Willman, Elwood Atherton, T. C. Buschbach, Charles Collinson, John C. Frye, M. E. Hopkins, Jerry A. Lineback, Jack A. Simon
Date	1975
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	Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy
Series	Bulletin 95
Author	H. B. Willman, Elwood Atherton, T. C. Buschbach, Charles Collinson, John C. Frye, M. E. Hopkins, Jerry A. Lineback, Jack A. Simon
Date	1975
Link	Web page
PDF	PDF file
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Lithostratigraphy: Glenburn Till Member
Chronostratigraphy: Cenozoic Erathem >>Quaternary System >>Pleistocene Series

Authors

John C. Frye and H. B. Willman

Name Origin

The Glenburn Till Member of the Wedron Formation (Johnson et al., 1971, p. 202) is named for Glenburn, Vermilion County.

Type Section

The type section is in the Emerald Pond Section (NE SW SW 33, 20N-12W) (Johnson et al., 1972, p. 42).

Extent and Thickness

In the type section it is 17 feet thick. It occurs in central eastern Illinois.

Stratigraphic Position

At the type section it occurs above the Banner Formation of Kansan age and it is overlain by the Batestown Till Member of the Wedron Formation, but elsewhere in Vermilion and adjacent counties it has been described as overlying the Robein Silt and the Oakland Till Member of the Wedron Formation.

Description

The Glenburn consists of pinkish brown to dark brown, calcareous, somewhat sandy till.

References

JOHNSON, W. H., L. R. FOLLMER, D. L. GROSS, and A. M. JACOBS, 1972, Pleistocene stratigraphy of east-central Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Guidebook Series 9, 97 p.
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. p. 184-216; Illinois State Geological Survey Reprint 1972-I.

ISGS Codes

Stratigraphic Code	Geo Unit Designation
0540	--