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The environment of Pennsylvanian Illinois was comparable to the modern Amazon River delta. [9] Almost every Pennsylvanian deposit in Illinois preserves evidence of this ancient flora and such deposits are located in almost every region of the state. [12] The vegetation of these ancient swamps became Illinois' modern coal deposits. [9] [11]
The older sequence of the deltaic deposits traces back to the first cycle of marine regression and transgression during the last interglacial period, which occurred between 130,000 and 115,000 years ago. [24] The more recent sequence of the deltaic deposits pertains to the second cycle of marine regression and transgression.
The northern pits 1-8 are known for the Braidwood Biota with mostly terrestrial fauna and flora. Pit 11, which was located southwest of the town of Braidwood, Illinois, is known for its Essex Biota with a greater abundance of marine species. [9] Pit 11 is now Braidwood State Fish and Wildlife Area, an Illinois state park. Fossil collecting is ...
The Illinois Basin is a Paleozoic depositional and structural basin in the United States, centered in and underlying most of the state of Illinois, and extending into southwestern Indiana and western Kentucky. The basin is elongate, extending approximately 400 miles (640 km) northwest-southeast, and 200 miles (320 km) southwest-northeast.
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A tidal freshwater delta [33] is a sedimentary deposit formed at the boundary between an upland stream and an estuary, in the region known as the "subestuary". [34] Drowned coastal river valleys that were inundated by rising sea levels during the late Pleistocene and subsequent Holocene tend to have dendritic estuaries with many feeder tributaries.
The deposits make funds available for lending in those communities, and 2 basis points of deposits in participating banks are donated to local nonprofits. (One basis point equals 0.01-percent.)