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Geologic Unit: Burditt

Usage:

Burditt Marl of Austin Group (TX*)
Burditt Formation of Austin Group (TX*)


Subunits:

St. Edwards Tuff [Member].


Geologic age:

Late Cretaceous*


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

Type locality: along Little Walnut Creek downstream from Austin-Cameron Road, central eastern TX. Named from Burditt School, Travis Co., central eastern TX (Adkins, 1933).


AAPG geologic province:

Ouachita folded belt*


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 ([ ]).