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Geologic Units: Eunice
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Eunice formation
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Gulf Coast basin
Publication:

Doering, J.A., 1956, Review of Quaternary surface formations of Gulf Coast region: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 40, no. 8, p. 1816-1862. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 1831. Eunice formation. Name used for formation covering Lake Charles-Ville Platte-Opelousas-Lafayette area. Younger than newly defined Oberlin formation. Unit has been referred to as upper Beaumont. Age is Pleistocene.
Town of Eunice, St. Landry Parish, lies approx. in the center of the area.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1295).


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