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[[underlined]] Sep. 5, 1910 [[/underlined]] (Monday) Spent forenoon in packing, writing letters, looking up notes, etc Sent two baskets to Ia. Geol. S., (B.S.) At 2 PM. went to Fairview by rail. Rained A.M. but P.M. was quite clear. Went to Fairview. Fine exposure at (A) in sec. 16 - Lowest bottom about 5 ft. above water Top of Nebraskan = 35 ft Top of Aftonian sand & silt = 70 ft. Top of Kansan - 85 ft. [[line]] The Kansan is jointed, brown, pebbly, with two streaks of gray silty fine-jointed stuff. (see sample from lower one) One 3 in = 6 ft. from top Other 6 " [[Ditto for: in]] = 10 " " " [[Dittos for: ft. from top]] From top to about 55 Alt. (from bottom) fine sand and fine gray fine-jointed silt - [[end page]] [[start page]] 15 alternate, - silt 2 - 6 in, fine sand more. At '- the sand becomes coarser & pebbly, then fine, then coarse. Coarser below. Ferruginous line below most of silt band. [[line across page]] Going up. Lowest bottom - 0 Top of Nebraskan - 45 " " [[Dittos for: Top of]] uppermost fine gravel 55 " " [[Dittos for: Top of]] lower gray streak 65 " " [[Dittos for: Top of]] Kansan 80 The lower gray - probably belongs to Aftonian - 2 ft. deep. Upper gray is only in streaks - The sand & silt alternate (in upper part, & silt bands appear below. The sand & fine gravel (at least 2 good layers of latter) are cross-bedded, in places ferruginous & dark Aftonian The Nebraskan is band, jointed in part gray, rusty & with very
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See this article for terms used on this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansan_glaciation -@siobhanleachman