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  • Usage in publication:
    • Piney Grove Member
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Gravel
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Atlantic Coast basin
Publication:

Daniels, R.B., Gamble, E.E., Wheeler, W.H., and Nettleton, W.D., 1966, Coastal plain stratigraphy and geomorphology near Benson, North Carolina: Southeastern Geology, v. 7, no. 4, p. 159-182.


Summary:

In Benson area, Pinehurst Formation is subdivided into two new informally named members--Piney Grove and Plain View. Name Piney Grove is applied to sediments between altitudes of 350 and 325 ft. Overlies Macks Formation (new). Age is Pliocene(?).

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


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