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Database		GeoRef
Title		The relationship between glacial geologic processes and peatland distribution in Indiana
Author		Swinehart, Anthony L; Parker, George R
Affiliation		Purdue University, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, West Lafayette, IN, United States (USA)
Source		Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, vol.111, no.1, pp.21-31, 2002
ISSN		0073-6767
CODEN		PIACAP
Descriptors		bogs  Cenozoic  clastic sediments  depositional environment  drift  glacial environment  Histosols  Holocene  Indiana  lacustrine environment  Laurentide ice sheet  mires  moraines  Noble County Indiana  peat  Pleistocene  Quaternary  Saginaw Lobe  sediments  soils  spatial distribution  United States  upper Pleistocene   New Search Using Marked Terms:   Use AND to narrow  Use OR to broaden
Abstract		Peat-filled depressions are not randomly distributed in Indiana. The higher frequency of kettles and peatlands in northern Indiana is attributed to the dynamic processes of glacial retreat rather than potential influences of pre-glacial topography. Ninety percent of Indiana's peatlands occur in the northern moraine and lake region of the state. Within this region, peatlands were significantly more frequent inside the former boundaries of the Saginaw Lobe than peatlands occurring outside of this area. An analysis of peatland distribution and specific glacial drift types in Noble County showed that peatlands were significantly more frequent in mixed till and stratified drift in lineated form associated with collapse of sub-ice tunnels and open ice-walled channels. Four other drift types contained significantly fewer peatlands than expected.
Language		English
Features		References: 14; illus. incl. 6 tables, geol. sketch map
Publication Year		2002
Publication Type		Serial; Analytic
Country of Publication		United States (USA)
Latitude & Longitude		Latitude:N391000,N414500 Longitude:W0844500,W0873500
Classification		24, Quaternary geology
Copyright		GeoRef, Copyright 2004, American Geological Institute.
Update		200306
Accession Number		2003-018102

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