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  • Usage in publication:
    • Hurricane marine lentil
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • East Texas basin
Publication:

Stenzel, H.B., 1940, New zone in Cook Mountain formation, the Crassatella texalta Harris-Turritella cortezi Bowles zone [Texas]: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 24, no. 9, p. 1663-1675.


Summary:

Pg. 1665-1670. Hurricane marine lentil of Landrum member of Cook Mountain formation. Fossiliferous, bentonite-bearing marine lentil about 25 feet thick in lower part of Landrum member [of middle Eocene age]. [Claiborne group.]
[Origin of name not stated.] Probably named from occurrence near Hurricane Bayou, Houston Co., eastern TX.

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