BLANCHAED OR DEFIANCE MORAINE. 581 



List of strice observed hetiveen the Fort Wayne and Defiance moraines in western Ohio. 



Near Upper Sandusky 



Near Marseilles 



Near Carey 



Findlay, Hancock County 



Section 20, Blahchard Township, Putnam County . 

 Section 13, Sugar Creek Township, Putnam County 



Section 15, Amanda Township, Allen County 



Lima, Allen County 



Section 31, Auglaize Township, Paulding County . . 



Near Junction, Paulding County 



Middlepoint, Van Wert County 



S. 5° W 



S. 10°E'toS. 10° W.. 



S. 20° W 



S. 40°-45° W 



S. 28° W 



S. 50° W 



S. 35° W 



S. 35° W 



S. 48° AV 



S. 45° W 



S. 15° W 



Observer. 



H. Winchell. 

 H. Winchell. 

 H. Winchell. 

 H. AVinchell. 

 H. Winchell. 

 H. Winchell. 

 H. Winchell. 

 K. Gilbert. 

 H. Winchell. 

 K. Gilbert. 

 K. Gilbert. 



BLANCHARD OR DEFIANCE MORAINE. 



This moraine, like the one outside of it, has received two names — one, 

 Blanchard, from a stream whose coui'se it governs, and the other, Defiance, 

 from the principal city in the line of the moraine. While the former has 

 priority in use, the latter seems to be supplanting it, for it is commonly 

 referred to among glacialists as the Defiance moraine. Its course from 

 Findlay, Ohio, west and north to the Michigan line, was determined by 

 Gilbert about 1870. The writer's studies have brought to light the east- 

 ward continuation from Findlay. 



DISTRIBUTION. 



The Defiance moraine, as indicated in Pis. II and XIII, follows the 

 western border of the great interlobate moraine which occupies tlie uplands 

 west of Grand River Basin in Ohio, and is in places distinct from the 

 remainder of the inorainic belt. From near Chardon it passes southwest- 

 ward between Chagrin Falls and Twinsburg, and comes to the Cuyahoga 

 Valley just below Peninsula. Thence it continues southwestward past 

 Richfield, near which village it separates into two members. 



The outer or main member is closely associated with the St. Marys 

 and Wabash moraines to the vicinity of Lodi, but farther west it is entirely 

 distinct from them. The inner member passes through Medina and crosses 

 Black River about 5 miles below Lodi, beyond which it is traceable only 

 about 15 miles, its western terminus being near Rochester. 



The outer or main ridge leads from Lodi in a course slightly west 



