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Geologic Unit: Bayou Calamus

Usage:

Bayou Calamus Lentil of Verda Member of Yazoo Clay of Jackson Group (LA)


Geologic age:

early Tertiary (late Eocene)


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Typical exposures occur in erosion gully 75 yds east of road in SW/4 NW/4 sec. 24, T. 12 N., R. 4 E., Caldwell Parish. Named from exposures in ravines at head of Bayou Calamus, central LA (Humer, 1939).


AAPG geologic province:

Arkla basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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