Stratigraphic study of a glacio-fluvial feature near Mount PLeasant, Indiana by Stephen R. Myers.

This study was concerned with the origin and stratigraphic relationship of a ridge-swales complex located in and near Mount Pleasant, Indiana. Borehole data, water well logs, seismic refraction surveys, and electrical resistivity surveys were combined to create three cross-sections which illustrate the stratigraphic relationship of the feature under scrutiny. In addition, textural analyses of outwash, esker, and ridge samples were performed to discriminate between outwash and esker material; the results were compared to the ridge samples.The textural analyses failed to discriminate convincingly between esker and outwash; however, the cross-sections display the ridge-valley complex as a broad sheet of outwash sand and gravel subsequently eroded by glacial meltwater.Ball State UniversityMuncie, IN 47306