. Glacial formations and drainage features of the Erie and Ohio basins. A. SECTION OF PEAT AND TILL NEAR GERMANTOWN, B. SECTION SHOWING WOOD INCLUDED IN TILL, 1 MILE SOUTH OF OXFORD, OHIO. MAIN MORAINIC SYSTEM OF THE MIAMI LOBE. 365 Just west of this exposure is a partial one in which gravel extends fromthe creek bed up to a height of nearly 40 feet, a portion of the gravel beingcemented. Passing eastward, about an eighth of a mile to the place wherethe peat comes to view, there is a nearly solid bed of till 95 feet in heightwithout the alternations of yellow and blue color seen in the
. Glacial formations and drainage features of the Erie and Ohio basins. A. SECTION OF PEAT AND TILL NEAR GERMANTOWN, B. SECTION SHOWING WOOD INCLUDED IN TILL, 1 MILE SOUTH OF OXFORD, OHIO. MAIN MORAINIC SYSTEM OF THE MIAMI LOBE. 365 Just west of this exposure is a partial one in which gravel extends fromthe creek bed up to a height of nearly 40 feet, a portion of the gravel beingcemented. Passing eastward, about an eighth of a mile to the place wherethe peat comes to view, there is a nearly solid bed of till 95 feet in heightwithout the alternations of yellow and blue color seen in the western endof the exposure. There is at the top of the bluif 10 to 15 feet of yellowtill. The remainder of the section is blue till, with the exception of occa-sional pockets or thin beds of gravel, a few inches, or at most 3 or 4 feet inthickness. Between this point and the western end of the exposure thereare places where much gravel appears. The whole exposure is subjecttherefore to abrupt horizontal changes, and a description which will applyto one place may not ajjply to another 10 rods distant, the only constant
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