Usage:
Byram Formation of Vicksburg Group (AL*,LA*,MS*)
Byram Marl (FL*)
Byram Formation (GA*-subsurface)
Subunits:
(ascending) --all in AL: Glendon Limestone Member, Bucatunna Clay Member.
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (early Oligocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: on right bank of Pearl River, in S/2 NW/4 NW/4 sec. 19, T. 4 N., R. 1 E., Hinds Co., MS. Named from exposures in bank of Pearl River at Byram, Hinds Co., MS (US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).
AAPG geologic province:
Arkla basin*
Atlantic Coast basin*
Black Warrior basin*
Florida platform*
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 ([ ]).