- Usage in publication:
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- Waynesboro Sand Lentil*
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- First used
- Dominant lithology:
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- Sand
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Mid-Gulf Coast basin
Summary:
Waynesboro Sand Lentil of Bucatunna Formation mapped in subsurface of Wayne Co. and along Chickasawhay River. Described as elongate north-south-trending sand body of Oligocene age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
- Usage in publication:
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- Waynesboro sand lentil
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- Overview
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Mid-Gulf Coast basin
Summary:
In vicinity of Waynesboro, Wayne Co., MS, the Waynesboro sand lentil [informal] of the Bucatunna Clay, cuts out the underlying clays and marl and disconformably overlies either the Glendon or the Marianna Limestone. This channel-fill deposit consists of very fine to fine-grained, subangular, cross-bedded sand and silt and is approximately 100 ft thick near Waynesboro.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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