96 GEORGE F. KAY AND J. NEWTON PEARCE 



Feet 



3. Gumbotil (Kansan), gray to drab in color, 

 sticky when wet, hard and tenacious when 

 dry; contains a few siliceous pebbles; leached 11 



2. Glacial tUl (Kansan), oxidized and leached. . 4 



1. Glacial till (Kansan), oxidized and unleached; 

 has many lime concretions 11 



Section in cut on Chicago, Milwaukee & St, Paul Railway no 

 the divide about three miles west of Templeton, Carroll County, 

 Iowa: 



Feet Inches 



4. Loess 



Buff-colored, leached 15 



Buff-colored, unleached 10 



3. Gumbotil (Kansan), gray to dark-drab to 

 chocolate-colored, upper few feet reddish, a 



few small siliceous pebbles 20 6 



2. Glacial till (Kansan), oxidized yellow to buff, 

 •leached, closely related to No. 3 ^ 



1. Glacial till (Kansan), oxidized, unleached; 

 many calcareous concretions 8 



Section in cut on Santa Fe Railway east of New Boston, Lee 

 County, Iowa: 



Feet 



4. Loesslike clay, top 2 feet very light gray; 

 below, yellow to light-brown on dry surface; 

 when freshly cut into, more chocolate-colored; 



a joint clay; grades into No. 3 .' 12 



3. Gumbotil (Kansan), typical; gray on dry 

 surface and has a checked appearance; when 

 freshly cut into, has a more drab color; very 



sticky; contains some spots of brown; con- 1 



tains small siliceous pebbles; leached; grades 

 into No. 2 12 



2. Glacial tiU (Kansan), oxidized and leached; 

 contains patches of gray similar to the gum- 

 botil; many pebbles; grades into No. i. . . . 5 



I. Glacial till (Kansan), oxidized and unleached; 

 contains many pebbles and small bowlders; 

 many calcareous concretions; to the bottom of 

 the cut, exposed 27 



