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Outwash, Valley Train

Heterogeneous silt to gravel. Confined to valleys of glaciofluvial orgin. Thickness up to 60 ft (18m).
StateSouth Dakota
NameOutwash, Valley Train
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene [Upper Wisconsin]
Original map labelQlov
Primary rock typesilt
Secondary rock typesand
Other rock typesgravel
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravel (Glacial, outwash)
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Glacial, outwash)
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Silt (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 coverageAurora - Brookings - Campbell - Charles Mix - Clay - Codington - Davison - Deuel - Douglas - Edmunds - Faulk - Grant - Hamlin - Hughes - Hutchinson - Hyde - Lake - Lincoln - McPherson - Marshall - Minnehaha - Moody - Sully - Turner - Walworth

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