Okefenokee Formation (GA,FL,SC)
Tertiary
Miocene
Quaternary
Pleistocene
Named from Okefenokee Swamp, a great swampy tract in southern GA covering part of Charlton, Ware, and Clinch Cos. The swamp occupies a portion of the plain on which these deposits were laid down (Veatch and Stephenson, 1911).
South Georgia sedimentary province
Atlantic Coast basin
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