BULLETIN OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 

 Vol. 8, pp. 31-58, pl. 2 January 21, 1897 



CORRELATION OF ERIE-HURON BEACHES WITH OUTLETS 

 AND MORAINES IN SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN 



BY FRANK BURSLEY TAYLOR 



(Read before the Society August 22, 1896) 

 CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 31 



Topography 33 



Lake Maumee , 35 



Van Wert beach 35 



Fort AVayne outlet 35 



Defiance moraine , 35 



Lake (unnamed) 36 



Leipsic beach , 36 



Imlay outlet 37 



Toledo and Detroit moraines 39 



Lake Whittlesey . . . ' 39 



Belmore beach 39 



Tyre-Ubly outlet 40 



Port Huron-Saginaw moraine 41 



Cumber spillway 43 



Summit swamps 45 



Lake (unnamed ) 46 



Arkona beach 46 



Spillways north of the Tyre-Ubly outlet 47 



Lake Warren 48 



Forest beach . 48 



Pewamo outlet ... 52 



Correlated moraines 53 



Lake Saginaw 53 



Du Plain beach 53 



Duration and relations 54 



Deformations 54 



Nomenclature 56 



Conclusion 57 



Introduction. 



The object of this paper is to present an account of the work of the past 

 season upon the moraines and abandoned beaches and outlets of the 



V— Bull. Geol. Soc. Am., Vol. 8, 1896 (31) 



