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generally between 2 and 4 miles (3.2 and 6.4 km), but bouldery areas on its north border extend about 2 miles (3.2 km) farther north to the southern edge of an extensive sandy plain traversed by
Kankakee River. The southern border of the ‘’Iroquois" moraine lies 1 mile (1.6 km) to 4 miles (6.4 km) north of
121:. The Marseilles moraine follows nearly the southeast bluff of Fox River to the mouth of the stream, its outer border being nowhere more than 4 miles (6.4 km) and usually less than 1 mile (1.6 km) from the stream. The width in Kendall County is only 2 or 3 miles, but increases to 5 or 6 miles in northeastern
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The crest is around 750 feet (230 m) above sea level and varies only about 25 feet (7.6 m). The outer border of the moraine follows closely along the 650 feet (200 m) contour line along its border. The inside border runs close to the 700 feet (210 m). The
Marseilles moraine has
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sand ridges. The rise from the plain to the crest of the moraine on the north amounts to 20 to 40 feet (6.1 to 12.2 m) high about 2 miles (3.2 km) and on the south to 30 feet (9.1 m) to 50 feet (15 m) in less than 1 mile (1.6 km). The width of the " Iroquois " moraine is
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a ridge stands 30 feet (9.1 m) to 40 feet (12 m) above the adjacent part of the moraine. This is unusual, as the crest is a broad undulating ridge of 1 mile (1.6 km) to 2 miles (3.2 km) in width, with depression that is seasonally water filled. The majority of the crest is a
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counties. Here the knolls reach 75 feet (23 m) or more above the surrounding moraine. The highest points noted on the
Marseilles system in the district north of Iroquois River are north of Rensselaer, where an altitude of 760 feet (230 m) to 755 feet (230 m) above sea level is
207:. This ridge has patches of boulders in the till line from North Judson to Bass Lake, as do many other moraines in northern Indiana. The moraine from Bass Lake runs to the southeast and was formed by the Saginaw lobe, of the Laruentide glacier and is the outer border of the great
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Pleistocene of Indiana and Michigan, History of the Great Lakes; Marseilles Morainic System, Course and Correlation; Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, Vol LIII; Frank Leverett and Frank B. Taylor; Washington, D.C,; Government Printing Office;
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it turns northward. It dies out as a definite ridge 4 or 5 miles (6.4 or 8.0 km) south of
Kankakee River. Some uncertainty remains on whether it continues to the east. One possible correlative is a moraine, which begins near
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Michigan and southwest of Lake Erie. A composite of three maps (Leverett 1915) (Leverett 1902) (Larsen 1986) and other sources. Colors represent moraines from the same time period of the Wisconsin Glacial
101:. The east side of each city occupies the outer face of the moraine. The width of the belt is 2 miles (3.2 km) or 3 miles (4.8 km). The moraine continues south along the line of
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on the west side. The gravel is so extensive in Kane and Kendal counties and so small farther down Fox River as to suggest that it forms a delta. In the vicinity of the
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counties. It runs about 2 miles (3.2 km) or 3 miles (4.8 km) beyond the river. The
Marseilles moraine turns west, at the bluff between
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counties, a belt of coarse gravel lines the outside of the Marseilles moraine. The deposit lay mostly across the river from the moraine. At
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From Ste. Anne, it continues to the southeast, reaching the state line. Here the name changes to the Iroquois. Continuing through
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342:List of glacial moraines
246:Kendall County, Illinois
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308:Kankakee
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