Usage:
Perdido Key Formation (AL,FL)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Pliocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 120 to 150 ft (36 to 45 m), drillhole LJ-83-108, Parasol Beach Club Condominium B-10, Gulf Beach, central Perdido Key, Escambia Co., FL (Otvos, 1988).
AAPG geologic province:
Mid-Gulf Coast basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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