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Data Series 1090

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EXPLANATION
Map Unit (GESS MU)
Alluvial sediment
Outwash sediment
Ice contact sediment
Eolian sediment
Lacustrine sediment
Marine sediment
Till
End moraine
Organic sediment
Residual soil
Soliflucted sediment
Colluvial sediment
Fill
Bedrock
Water
Hydrogeologic terrane boundaries—Alphanumeric code indicates the generalized complexity of the hydrogeologic framework in each terrane
Sediment thickness contrast
Major river
Maximum extent of glacial ice
Extent of Late Wisconsinan ice

Figure 2. Glacial Environment and Surficial Sediments (GESS) geodatabase map units (GESS_MU attribute) in the glaciated conterminous United States.


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