Usage:
Griffins Landing Member of Dry Branch Formation (GA,SC)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Eocene, late
Jacksonian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposure at Griffins Landing on Savannah River, 2.25 km north of junction of Griffins Landing Road and River Road, 8.4 km north of Girard, Burke Co., GA (Huddlestun and Hetrick, 1979).
AAPG geologic province:
South Georgia sedimentary province
Atlantic Coast basin
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