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Illinoian

[¦il·ə¦nȯi·ən]
(geology)
The third glaciation of the Pleistocene in North America, between the Yarmouth and Sangamon interglacial stages.
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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
There may have been an extensive ice-flee period between the end of the Illinoian glaciations that deposited the Mogadore and Northampton tills (Table 1).
Vertical variability and lateral distribution of late Wisconsinan sediments parallel to the axis of the buried valley of Mud Brook North of Akron, Summit County, Ohio
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
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
These fossils date from the late Illinoian glacial (Mt.
Discovery of Zapus hudsonius in northeastern Oklahoma, with comments on its ecological status
The other is in the Illinoian till plain flatwoods of southeastern Indiana.
The four-toed salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum) in Indiana: past and present
Many of these oak-hickory forests, which still contain some of their pre-settlement character, are located on the Illinoian till plain in central Illinois.
Botanical survey of Wildcat Hollow State Forest, Effingham County, Illinois

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