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Glacial Sediment- Glacial Sediment on Subglacially Molded Surfaces

Unbedded, unsorted mixture of clay, silt, sand, and pebbles, and a few cobbles and boulders; as thick as 30 meters (100 feet)
StateNorth Dakota
NameGlacial Sediment- Glacial Sediment on Subglacially Molded Surfaces
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene Holocene
Original map labelQcm
CommentsGlacial Sediment on Subglacially Molded Surfaces-Thin glacial sediment draped over Quaternary and in places Tertiary and Cretaceous sediments or rocks that has been molded into streamlined longitudinal ridges and grooves beneath the glacier during the last glacial advance.
Primary rock typeclay or mud
Secondary rock typesilt
Other rock typessand; gravel
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravel (Glacial, outwash)
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Glacial, outwash)
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Silt (Glacial, outwash)
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay (Glacial, outwash)
Minor
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Boulders (Glacial, outwash)
Map references
Clayton, Lee, 1980, Geologic Map of North Dakota: U. S. Geological Survey, Scale 1:500K.
Unit references
Clayton, Lee, 1980, Geologic Map of North Dakota: U. S. Geological Survey, Scale 1:500K.
Geographic coverageBarnes - Cavalier - Griggs - McHenry - McLean - Pembina - Sheridan - Stutsman - Walsh - Wells

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