Usage:
Erath Member of Anahuac Formation (LA-subsurface)
Geologic age:
Miocene
Oligocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Reference log (subsurface): Texas Company Erath Unit 38 No. 7 well, Erath field, Vermilion Parish, southern LA. Near Erath townsite (Goheen, 1959).
AAPG geologic province:
Gulf Coast basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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