The Journal of Geology, January-February 1893: A Semi-Quarterly Magazine of Geology and Related SciencesVarious
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The Journal of Geology, January-February 1893: A Semi-Quarterly Magazine of Geology and Related Sciences
Various
Geology -- Periodicals
Emerging from the dunes at a point north of the Iroquois river in
Jasper county, northwestern Indiana, a well characterized belt of
surface boulders stretches westward to the State line, just beyond
which it curves about to the south and then to the east, and re-enters
Indiana a little south of the northwest corner of Benton county. It
soon turns abruptly to the south and reaches the Wabash river near the
centre of Warren county. The immediate valley of the Wabash is thickly
strewn with boulders from the point where the belt reaches it to the
vicinity of West Point on the western line of Tippecanoe county. The
uplands, however, do not give any clear indication of the continuity
of the belt, and the connection is not altogether certain. There is an
inner well-marked belt that branches away from this in the central part
of Benton county and runs southeasterly into the northwestern quarter
of Tippecanoe county, beyond which only scattered boulders occur, which
leaves its precise connections also in doubt. But starting from West
Point, which is less than a dozen miles from the point where the two
belts cease to be traceable with certainty, a well-defined belt, one
or two miles wide, runs southeasterly across the southwestern corner
of Tippecanoe county and the northeastern quarter of Montgomery county
to the vicinity of Darlington, beyond which its connection is again
obscure, although boulders occur frequently between this point and the
northwestern corner of Brown county, where boulders are very abundant.
So also, patches of exceptionally abundant boulders occur in the west
central part of Clinton county. These may be entitled to be regarded
as a connecting link between the train which enters northwestern
Tippecanoe county and that of northwestern Boone county, as scattered
boulders of the surface type, but of not very exceptionally frequent
occurrence, lie between them. However this may be, a belt of much
more than usually frequent surface boulders stretches southeasterly
to the vicinity of Indianapolis, and probably connects with a very
well-marked belt lying near the south line of the southeast quarter
of Marion county and in the northeastern part of Johnson county.
There is also a well-defined tract in southeastern Hendricks county,
running east and west, without evident connection with the foregoing
tracts, though it may be the equivalent of the Darlington belt. There
is also a somewhat unusual aggregation in the form of irregular belts
in southeastern Johnson county, in the vicinity of Nineveh, and in
southern Shelby county. The belt south of Indianapolis is probably to
be correlated by scattered boulders only slightly more abundant than
those of the adjacent region, but of the surface type, stretching
northeasterly to near the center of the west half of Henry county,
where a well-marked belt again sets in. From this point the tract runs
northeasterly nearly to the north limit of the county, where it turns
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