Usage:
Duck Lake Stage (LA-subsurface)
Geologic age:
middle Miocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Duck Lake field, [9 mi northwest of Morgan City, in T. 14 and 15 S., R. 11 and 12 E., southern St. Martin Parish, southeastern LA] (McLean, 1957; Murray, 1961).
AAPG geologic province:
Gulf Coast basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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