Usage:
Dolet Hills Formation of Wilcox Group (LA*-subsurface)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (Paleocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: Dolet Hills south of Naborton, especially exposures along road from Grove Hill Church and Cemetery to Naborton and adjacent ravines in sec. 6, T. 11 N., R. 11 W., in sec. 1, T. 11 N., R. 12 W., and sec. 36, T. 12 N., R. 12 W., De Soto Parish, northwestern LA (Murray and Thomas, 1945).
AAPG geologic province:
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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