- Usage in publication:
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- Myatt lentil
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Bentonite
- Sand
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Arkla basin
Summary:
Pg. 149 (fig. 7), 161-168. Myatt lentil of Verda member of Yazoo clay of Jackson group. A marine lentil characterized by a yellowish-brown bentonite bed and fossiliferous sand. Thickness near Caldwell-Catahoula Parish line about 34 feet. Occurs near middle of member and stratigraphically above Bayou Calamus lentil. Age is late Eocene (Jackson).
Well exposed at Myatt (Wyant) Landing on west bank of Ouachita River in northeast corner SW/4 NE/4 sec. 4, T. 11 N., R. 4 E., Caldwell Parish, central LA.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 2664).
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