Usage:
Berryville Clay Member of Coosawhatchie Formation (FL,GA*,SC)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (middle Miocene; Serravallian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures in bluffs on west side of the Savannah River, in vicinity of Berry Landing, eastern Effingham Co., GA. Named from community of Berryville (Huddlestun, 1988).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin
Florida platform
South Georgia sedimentary province*
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