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Grüger, Eberhard (1972): Stratigraphy of the Pittsburg Basin core [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.707455, In: Grüger, E (1972): Pollen and macrofossils profiles and age determination from the Pittsburg Basin in the lowlands of south-central Illinois [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.714979

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Related to:
Grüger, Eberhard (1972): Late quaternary vegetation development in south-central Illinois. Quaternary Research, 2(2), 217-231, https://doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(72)90040-3
Coverage:
Latitude: 38.904160 * Longitude: -89.187500
Date/Time Start: 1968-04-08T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1968-04-08T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.150 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 7.100 m
Event(s):
Pittsburg_Basin (PBBVANDA) * Latitude: 38.904160 * Longitude: -89.187500 * Date/Time: 1968-04-08T00:00:00 * Elevation: 162.0 m * Location: Illinois, United States of America * Method/Device: Livingstone piston sampler (LPS) * Comment: Core diameter: 5 cm
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
DEPTH, sediment/rockDepth sedmGeocode
Depth, top/minDepth topmGrüger, Eberhard
Depth, bottom/maxDepth botmGrüger, Eberhard
StratigraphyStratigraphyGrüger, EberhardVisual stratigraphy
Size:
33 data points

Data

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Depth sed [m]

Depth top [m]

Depth bot [m]

Stratigraphy
0.1500.000.30Humic clay, black
1.2500.302.20Clay, gray, partly mottled red
2.3002.202.40Transition clay/detritus gyttja
2.9902.403.58Detritus gyttja, black, partly clayey
4.0403.584.50Detritus gyttja, brown, clayey, in ist lower part, with shells of mollusks and ostracodes
4.6254.504.75Clay gyttja with shells of mollusks (distinctly speparated from below)
5.1204.755.49Clay detritus gyttja, brown-black, with mosses
5.7705.496.05Algal gyttja (mainly Pediastrum cf. Boryanum) with ostracodes
6.4956.056.94Clay gyttja, parly with Pediastrum and ostracodes
6.9906.947.04(Gap in the core)
7.1007.047.16Glay, gray, with sand and gravel