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Geologic Unit: Ten Mile Hill
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Ten Mile Hill beds*
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Atlantic Coast basin
Publication:

McCartan, Lucy, 1990, Introduction; Studies related to the Charleston, South Carolina earthquake of 1886; Neogene and Quaternary lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1367, p. 1-5.


Summary:

Ten Mile Hill beds (Weems and Lemon, 1984) equivalent to Q3 of this report. Age is 240 to 200 ka. Underlies Wando Formation (Q2) and overlies Ladson Formation (Q4).

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


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