Usage:
Nocatee Member of Arcadia Formation (FL*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Oligocene, late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 294 to 520 ft (89.5 to 158.5 m), Hogan No. 1 type core W-12050, in SE/4 NW/4 sec. 16, T. 38 S., R. 26 E., DeSoto Co., FL. Named from town of Nocatee (Scott, 1988).
AAPG geologic province:
Florida platform*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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