Usage:
Croatan Formation (NC,VA)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Pliocene
Quaternary
Pleistocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures around Croatan, near Neuse River, Craven Co. (Dall, 1892).
Type section: on property of Mr. Hastings, on right bank of Neuse River, 2 mi below James City, Craven Co., NC (MacNeil, 1938).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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