- Usage in publication:
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- Homochitto member*
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Sand
- Clay
- Silt
- Gravel
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Mid-Gulf Coast basin
Summary:
Name Homochitto proposed to replace preoccupied name Knoxville member. Homochitto is member of Pascagoula formation. Consists of sand, blue-green clay, and silt. Very coarse sand or fine gravel at base. Thickness 181 to 252 ft. Underlies Fort Adams member; overlies an unnamed shale, sandy shale, and siltstone unit 362 to 466 ft thick in lower portion of formation. Crops out in narrow belt across southwestern Franklin Co.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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