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.
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