Usage:
Atkinson Formation (subsurface of AL*,FL*,GA*,NC*,SC*)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous (Gulfian Provincial Epoch)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Atkinson Co., south-central GA, where Sun Oil Company drilled Doster-Ladson No. 1 well (Lot 71, Land District 7) (Applin and Applin, 1947).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin*
Mid-Gulf Coast basin*
Florida platform*
South Georgia sedimentary province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).