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  • Usage in publication:
    • Schwertner limestone
  • Modifications:
    • First used
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Ouachita folded belt
Publication:

Murray, G.E., 1961, Geology of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain province of North America: New York, Harper and Brothers Geoscience Series, 692 p.


Summary:

First used as a formation (fifth of eight) of type Austin group in vicinity of Austin, TX in Ouachita tectonic belt province. Attributed to Durham (1957, unpublished). No type locality designated; derivation of name not given. According to Durham, unconformably overlies Jonah limestone and underlies Dessau chalk in the type Austin sequence. Age is Austinian (Late Cretaceous).

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


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