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Alluvium

Clay to boulder-size clasts with locally abundant organic material. Thickness up to 75 ft (23m).
StateSouth Dakota
NameAlluvium
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary
Original map labelQal
Primary rock typeclay or mud
Secondary rock typesilt
Other rock typessand; gravel
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Boulders (Alluvial)
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravel (Alluvial)
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Alluvial)
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Silt (Alluvial)
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay (Alluvial)
Map references
Martin, J. E., Sawyer, J. F., Fahrenbach, M. D., Tomhave, D. W., and Schulz, L. D., 2004, Geologic Map of South Dakota: South Dakota Geological Survey
Unit references
Martin, J. E., Sawyer, J. F., Fahrenbach, M. D., Tomhave, D. W., and Schulz, L. D., 2004, Geologic Map of South Dakota: South Dakota Geological Survey
Geographic coverageAurora - Beadle - Bennett - Bon Homme - Brookings - Brown - Brule - Buffalo - Butte - Campbell - Charles Mix - Clark - Clay - Codington - Corson - Custer - Davison - Day - Deuel - Dewey - Douglas - Edmunds - Fall River - Faulk - Grant - Gregory - Haakon - Hamlin - Hand - Hanson - Harding - Hughes - Hutchinson - Hyde - Jackson - Jerauld - Jones - Kingsbury - Lake - Lawrence - Lincoln - Lyman - McCook - McPherson - Marshall - Meade - Mellette - Miner - Minnehaha - Moody - Pennington - Perkins - Potter - Roberts - Sanborn - Shannon - Spink - Stanley - Sully - Todd - Tripp - Turner - Union - Walworth - Yankton - Ziebach

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