Usage:
Biloxi Formation (AL,FL,LA,MS*,TX)
Geologic age:
Quaternary (late Pleistocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Biloxi, Harrison Co., southern MS (US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).
AAPG geologic province:
Gulf Coast basin
Mid-Gulf Coast basin*
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 ([ ]).