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- Ecor Rouge Sand
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Sand
- Gravel
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Mid-Gulf Coast basin
Summary:
Ecor Rouge Sand named on Mobile Bay, southwestern AL. Unit is composed of white and reddish-brown cross-bedded, fluvial marine clastics: sand, gravelly sand, and quartzite gravel. Thickness is 12 m. Overlies Mobile Clay and underlies Citronelle Formation. Age is late Miocene.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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- Ecor Rouge Sand
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- Overview
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Mid-Gulf Coast basin
Summary:
Type section at Ecor Rouge is highest point of land on combined Atlantic-Gulf Coasts. Reveals thin laminated clays, ironstones, cross-bedded sands, and gravelly sands. Unit is 12 m thick at type section and 10.5 m thick at exposure on Wolf Ridge Road. Age is late Miocene.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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