Usage:
Pungo River Formation (NC*,VA*)
Subunits:
Belhaven and Bonnerton Members (NC*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Miocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): near Belhaven, Beaufort Co., NC, Lat. 35 deg. 35 min. 58 sec. N., Long. 76 deg. 34 min. 59 sec., W. Land surface elevation 10 ft above sea level. Named from Pungo River in eastern Beaufort Co.
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).