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Till, Stagnation Moraine

Heterogeneous, clay with silt to boulder-size clasts of glacial orgin. A geomorphic feature that is characterized by hummocky terrain with abundant sloughs resulting from stagnation of ice sheets. Composite thickness of all Upper Wisconsin till may be up to 300 ft (91 m).
StateSouth Dakota
NameTill, Stagnation Moraine
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene [Upper Wisconsin]
Original map labelQlts
Primary rock typeclay or mud
Secondary rock typesilt
Other rock typessand; gravel
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Boulders (Glacial, till)
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravel (Glacial, till)
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Glacial, till)
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Silt (Glacial, till)
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay (Glacial, till)
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 - Bon Homme - Brookings - Brown - Brule - Buffalo - Campbell - Charles Mix - Clark - Clay - Codington - Davison - Day - Deuel - Douglas - Edmunds - Faulk - Grant - Hamlin - Hand - Hanson - Hughes - Hutchinson - Hyde - Jerauld - Kingsbury - Lake - Lincoln - McCook - McPherson - Marshall - Miner - Minnehaha - Moody - Potter - Roberts - Sanborn - Spink - Sully - Turner - Walworth - Yankton

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