CONTENTS. 



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Chapter IX. Morainic systems at heads of Lake Michigan and Saginaw basins— Continued. 



Kalamazoo morainic system of Lake Michigan lobe— Continued. Page. 



Structure of the drift 



• • 177 



Composition - 



Thickness 



n . , " 178 



Outwash 



Distribution in Michigan 



Slope "! 



Basins and channels 



Features in Indiana - 



Composition of the outwash 



Intermorainic gravel plain 



Kalamazoo Valley 



IS 9 

 Inner border 



-i 09 

 Interpretation x °* 



Kendall moraine 



Withdrawal of the ice 183 



Glacial drainage. ' 



Lake Michigan-Saginaw interlobate tract 184 



Distribution 184 



Topography 18 '^ 



Altitude 185 



Relief 185 



Character 185 



Structure of the drift 186 



Thickness 186 



Composition 187 



Bowlders 188 



Glacial drainage 188 



Kalamazoo morainic system of the Saginaw lobe I 89 



Course and distribution 189 



Topography 



Altitude 189 



Belief. 



189 



Character 19 ° 



Structure of the drift 190 



Composition 190 



Bowlders 190 



Thickness 191 



Inner border , ' 9 1 



General character 191 



Rives esker chain I 9 - 



Walker esker chain 193 



Small eskers 194 



Outwash 194 



Distribution and character 194 



Border drainage 195 



Thickness I 95 



Interlocking moraines of the Saginaw and Huron-Erie lobes in southeastern Michigan 196 



Distribution and character 196 



Topography 19° 



Structure of the drift 199 



Thickness - 199 



Composition 199 



Bowlders 200 



Glacial drainage 201 



Till plains 2 °1 



Eskers 203 



Character and distribution 203 



Lima esker 203 



Ackerson esker 203 



Charlotte morainic system of the Saginaw lobe 204 



Course and distribution 204 



Topography 205 



