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Geologic Unit: Vick
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Vick formation*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
    • Clay
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Mid-Gulf Coast basin
Publication:

Conant, L.C., 1946, Vick formation of pre-Tuscaloosa age of Alabama coastal plain: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 30, no. 5, p. 711-715. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Vick formation tentatively named in Bibb Co., AL. Consists of semi-indurated sandstone and mottled brick-red and gray sandy clay unlike, and apparently older than, anything known in Tuscaloosa, but younger than near-by Paleozoic rocks. Several outcrops have between 20 and 50 ft of beds; composite section shows total thickness of about 100 ft represented. In some areas, unconformably overlain by coarse conglomeratic sandstone believed to be base of Eoline formation. May be either Jurassic or Early Cretaceous in age.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Vick formation
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Mid-Gulf Coast basin
Publication:

Drennen, C.W., 1953, Reclassification of outcropping Tuscaloosa group in Alabama: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 37, no. 3, p. 522-538. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Coker formation is extended to include all outcropping pre-Gordo sediments of Tuscaloosa group except those designated Vick formation by Conant (1946), which may be Tuscaloosa in age. [Tuscaloosa considered Late Cretaceous.]

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Vick Formation*
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Mid-Gulf Coast basin
Publication:

Valentine, P.C., 1984, Turonian (Eaglefordian) stratigraphy of the Atlantic Coastal Plain and Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1315, 21 p.


Summary:

Vick Formation underlies Tuscaloosa Group in western AL. Christopher (1972) dated the Vick as late Cenomanian and considered it a sedimentary facies of the Coker Formation. Age of Vick is here changed to Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian).

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


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