Illinoian and Wisconsin Glaciations in the Whitewater Basin, Southeastern Indiana, and Adjacent Areas

Data accumulated in Pleistocene studies since 1955, including pollen analyses and radiocarbon dates, provide a basis for the geologic-climate and time-stratigraphic subdivision and classification of the Illinoian and Wisconsin drift in southeastern Indiana and adjacent areas. Interpretations presented here are based mainly on data from fourteen stratigraphic sections, four of which are described in detail. Type sections are designated and described for newly named stades and interstades in the following classification of the drift of the area: I. Wisconsin Stage A. Tazewell Stade 1. Bloomington drift 2. Champaign loess 3. Champaign drift 4. Shelbyville loess 5. Shelbyville drift B. Connersville Interstade C. Fayette Stade D. New Paris Interstade E. Whitewater Stade II. Sangamon Stage III. Illinoian Stage A. Richmond Stade B. Abington Interstade C. Centerville Stade