Usage:
Louviers Alluvium (CO*)
Geologic age:
Quaternary*
Pleistocene*
Wisconsinan, early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Gravel pit on northeast edge of town of Louviers, from which unit is named, in SW/4 SE/4 sec. 33, T. 6 S., R. 68 W., Kassler quadrangle, Douglas Co., CO (Scott, 1960).
AAPG geologic province:
Denver basin*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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