Tipton Till Plain Earthcache EarthCache
Tipton Till Plain Earthcache
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Just how flat is Indiana? Well lets find out. You maybe surprised with your answer.
Central and Northern Indiana geology is the product of glaciation. The early 20th -century geographer C.R. Dryer referred to the terrain of central Indiana as so monotonous that a visitor to the region "may ride upon the railroad train for hours without seeing a greater elevation than a haystack or a pile of sawdust." Called the Tipton Till Plain, this flat to gently rolling surface is the product of continental glaciation during the Ice Age. Sediments borne by the ice sheets were deposited as till (an unsorted mixture of sand, silt, clay and boulders) when the glaciers advanced into Indiana and as outwash sand and gravel when the ice melted. Thick accumulations of till and outwash filled the bedrock valleys and covered the bedrock hills of northern Indiana to produce the flat to gently rolling landscape thought of by many as monotonous.
Before leaving your home take an elevation reading with your GPS. When you get to the wooden post take another elevation reading.
To log this earthcache you have 2 requirements:
1. Post a picture of you & your GPS at the post. (We have been notified that the post is down. I believe there is a pipe of some sorts close by.)
2. E-mail us the difference in elevation.
Originally this earthcache was created by Greengecko. I wanted to see it live on so I was allowed to adopt it.
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