Usage:
Brownstown Marl (AR*,LA*,OK*)
Brownstown Marl of Austin Group (TX*)
Brownstown Formation (OK*)
Brownstown Formation of Austin Group (LA*,TX*)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous (early Campanian; Gulfian Provincial Epoch, Austinian Provincial Age)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
First described in vicinity of Brownstown, Sevier Co., AR (Hill, 1888; 1894; 1901).
"The village of Brownstown, Sevier County, Arkansas, is located on top of Brownstown marl as thus restricted by Stephenson and Dane" (see GNC remarks, Wilmarth, 1938, p. 276).
AAPG geologic province:
Ouachita folded belt*
Arkla basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).