State | Kentucky |
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Name | Continental deposits and loess, undifferentiated |
Geologic age | Tertiary to Quaternary |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital (Eolian-loess)lithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; about 50% loess, 25 % gravel and 25% sand
Minor
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sandlithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; about 50% loess, 25 % gravel and 25% sand
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravellithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; about 50% loess, 25 % gravel and 25% sand
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References | Noger, M.C., compiler, 1988, Geologic map of Kentucky: sesquicenntennial edition of the Kentucky Geological Survey: U.S. Geological Survey and the Kentucky Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000. |
NGMDB product | |
Counties | Ballard - Calloway - Carlisle - Fulton - Graves - Hickman - McCracken - Marshall |