The Norman Upland of southern
Indiana
Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...
comprises hilly terrain caused by the outcropping of
sandstone
Sandstone is a Clastic rock#Sedimentary clastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of grain size, sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate mineral, silicate grains, Cementation (geology), cemented together by another mineral. Sand ...
units at the surface.
The Norman Upland is the result of the exposure of the ancient Borden deltaic complex, which includes the
Borden Formation. The age of the rocks in the Norman Upland are
Mississippian.
See also
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Mitchell Plain
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Crawford Upland
References
Geology of Indiana
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