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Geologic Unit: Nakomis

Usage:

Nakomis Formation of Fort Valley Group (GA)


Geologic age:

Late Cretaceous


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Line of bluffs along the east bank of the Flint River from 0.5 to 1 mi south of Nakomis, a community in western Crawford Co., GA (Huddlestun and Hetrick, 1991).


AAPG geologic province:

South Georgia sedimentary province


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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