Illinoian

Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus.

Illinoian

[¦il·ə¦nȯi·ən]

(geology)

The third glaciation of the Pleistocene in North America, between the Yarmouth and Sangamon interglacial stages.

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

The Late Wisconsinan glaciation advanced over the Illinoian, but did not extend as far south.

Background Concentrations of Arsenic in Ohio Soils: Sources and Influencing Factors

Blatchley's Sand Hill and Dave's Pond both were at the juncture of Illinoian uplands and Wisconsinan lowlands.

Dave's Pond: history of a significant Indiana herpetological site

Ochotona and other vertebrates of possible Illinoian age, from Kelso Cave, Halton County, Ontario.

Pleistocene vertebrates from the pre-late Wisconsinan Mill Creek site, St. Clair County, Michigan

Differences among populations of black guillemots probably also accumulated during periods of population restriction and isolation during the Illinoian and Wisconsin glaciations.

Analysis of mechanisms of microevolutionary change in Cepphus guillemots using patterns of control region variation

appalachiana may have been eliminated by a cooling climate either at the close of the Miocene or, at latest, during the Illinoian Glaciation (Farrar, 1990).

Sandstone rockhouses of the Eastern United States, with particular reference to the ecology and evolution of the endemic plant taxa

Illinoian and Wisconsin drift of the southern part of the Grand River Lobe in eastern Ohio.

A New Map of Pleistocene Proglacial Lake Tight Based on GIS Modeling and Analysis

The Appalachian Glacier Complex in the Canadian Maritime Provinces during the Illinoian and Wisconsinan.

Till geochemical signatures associated with the Sisson W-Mo deposit, New Brunswick, Canada

The objective of this study was to create a baseline inventory of diatom species inhabiting unique temporary tipup pools from an old growth forest remnant in the Illinoian tillplain of southeastern Indiana.

A preliminary survey of diatom taxa from old-growth forest tip-up pools in a Southeastern Indiana flatwoods

Flora and species dominance of Green Prairie, Jasper County, Illinois - A glacial drift hill prairie on Illinoian till.

Vascular flora of Capel Glacial Drift Hill Prairie Natural Area, Shelby county, Illinois

(1990) show the Republican River flowing east and southeasterly approximately where it is today during Illinoian times (~200,000 years ago).

The ringed crayfish, Orconectes neglectus neglectus, in Nebraska with a revision of its distributional range

This drainage system was ultimately buried by (Illinoian) glacial drift approximately 700,000 years ago, prior to the integration of the modern Ohio River system [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 2C OMITTED].

Intraspecific phylogeography of North American highland fishes: a test of the Pleistocene vicariance hypothesis

These fossils date from the late Illinoian glacial (Mt.

Discovery of Zapus hudsonius in northeastern Oklahoma, with comments on its ecological status