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  • Usage in publication:
    • Moultrie Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Atlantic Coast basin
Publication:

Ward, L.W., Blackwelder, B.W., Gohn, G.S., and Poore, R.Z., 1979, Stratigraphic revision of Eocene, Oligocene, and lower Miocene formations of South Carolina: South Carolina Division of Geology, Geologic Notes, v. 23, no. 1, p. 2-23.


Summary:

Named Moultrie Member of Santee Limestone for Lake Moultrie, SC. Unit consists of 6 meters of light-gray calcirudite and biosparrite; it is fossiliferous (bryozoan and bivalves) with phosphate-coated materials and the upper surface is burrowed. The Moultrie overlies the Black Mingo Formation and unconformably underlies the Cross Member of the Santee Limestone. Unit is of middle Eocene (Claibornian) age.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Moultrie Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Atlantic Coast basin
Publication:

Popenoe, Peter, Henry, V.J., and Idris, F.M., 1987, The Gulf Trough; the Atlantic connection: Geological Society of America, Geology, v. 15, p. 327-332.


Summary:

The middle to outer shelf Moultrie Member and the deeper-water Cross Member of the Santee Limestone occur south of Cape Fear in SC and GA.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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