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Illinoian

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Il·li·noi·an  (l-noin)
adj.
Of or relating to the third glacial stage of the Pleistocene in North America.

[After Illinois2.]


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Deposits from the Illinoian and older glaciation events were more discontinuous.
As an Illinoian, I was more than pleased to see Peoria described it as "the mid-west city, halfway between Chicago and St.
8 ka, a thermoluminescence date of 57 [+ or -] 9 ka, but perhaps as old as 300 ka, and two clusters of amino acid allo-isoleucine/isoleucine values obtained from molluscs suggest co-occurrence of early Sangamonian and Illinoian specimens (Karrow et al.
 
 
 
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