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Itinerary of Field Trip for Fifth National Clay Conference, October 8, 1956

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Clays and Clay Minerals

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A road log of a 37-mile field trip is presented. The route passed over a group of Early Tazewell moraines and the till plains in between. Stops were made at Flanagan, Drummer and Elliot soil profiles and the type Fithian illite locality. The soil profiles and Fithian cyclothem are described.

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  1. Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, USA

    W. A. White & G. M. Wilson

  2. Soil Physics, Agronomy Dept., University of Illinois, Urbana, USA

    A. H. Beavers & H. L. Wascher

  3. Geology Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA

    J. B. Droste

  4. Illinois State Geological Survey and University of Illinois, Urbana, USA

    W. A. White, A. H. Beavers, H. L. Wascher, G. M. Wilson & J. B. Droste

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White, W.A., Beavers, A.H., Wascher, H.L. et al. Itinerary of Field Trip for Fifth National Clay Conference, October 8, 1956. Clays Clay Miner. 5, 1–3 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1346/CCMN.1956.0050102

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