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Geologic Unit: Beaumont

Usage:

Beaumont Group (LA,TX)
Beaumont Formation (LA*,TX*)


Subunits:

GROUP STATUS (alphabetical) --all in LA, TX: Eunice Formation, Oberlin Formation.
FORMATION STATUS: Ingleside Lens (TX).


Geologic age:

Quaternary (late Pleistocene)*


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

Named from Beaumont, Jefferson Co., eastern TX (US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).


AAPG geologic province:

Gulf Coast basin*


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 ([ ]).