Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Department of
Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
11-1951
Citation
Science, New Series, Vol. 114, No. 2969 (Nov. 23, 1951), pp. 547-549
Abstract
Recent studies of the stratigraphy and paleontology of the Pleistocene of Nebraska have resulted in additional data that require further clarification and partial revision of the Grand Island sand and gravel formation (1,2) in order that there may be no confusion as the result of varying usage of the term.
The Nebraska Geological Survey, the University of Nebraska State Museum, and the Department of Geology at the University of Nebraska have approved the foregoing restriction of the term Grand Island and the adoption of the new name Red Cloud sand and gravel, and these names will be used in future Nebraska publications as herein defined. It may be necessary to apply the hyphenated term Red Cloud-Grand Island to some subsurface intervals in the Pleistocene basin areas where the two formations cannot be separated satisfactorily. However, the subsurface studies of the Nebraska Geological Survey indicate that the Red Cloud-Grand Island interval in many test holes can be separated into a lower sand and gravel grading from coarse-textured at the base to fine-textured above, overlain by a higher sand and gravel with similar textural characteristics.