Usage:
Moodys Branch Formation of Jackson Group (AL*,LA*,MS*)
Also called Moodys Marl in some early reports.
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (late Eocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: at intersection of Peachtree Street and Poplar Blvd. in city of Jackson, Hinds Co., MS (Andersen, 1960).
Reference section: in Riverside Park, in city of Jackson, MS (Andersen, 1960).
Named from exposures along Moodys Branch of Pearl River, in city of Jackson, MS (US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).
AAPG geologic province:
Mid-Gulf Coast basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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