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Outwash, Delta

Heterogeneous sand and gravel of glaciofluvial orgin. Typically forms level terrain at the mouths of meltwater streams which flowed into Glacial Lake Dakota. Thickness up to 30 ft (9m).
StateSouth Dakota
NameOutwash, Delta
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene [Upper Wisconsin]
Original map labelQlod
Primary rock typesand
Secondary rock typegravel
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravel (Glacial, outwash)
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Glacial, outwash)
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 coverageBrown

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