Drift Section at Oelwein, Iowa

Authors

Grant E. FinchFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

Just outside the limits of the growing town of Oelwein, Iowa, to the southeast, the Chicago Great Western Railroad company, in order to lessen a troublesome grade, have excavated a cut nearly a mile in length. At the end farthest from the town, where it passes diagonally through a ridge, it has a maximum thickness of thirty-two feet. This ridge has a northwest-southeast trend, and is one of the ordinary gentle swells characteristic of the drift of this region.

Publication Date

1896

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences

Volume

4

Issue

1

First Page

54

Last Page

58

Copyright

©1896 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Finch, Grant E. (1896) "Drift Section at Oelwein, Iowa," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 4(1), 54-58.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol4/iss1/10