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Geologic Unit: Saddle Bayou

Usage:

Saddle Bayou Lentil of Verda Member of Yazoo Clay of Jackson Group (LA)


Geologic age:

early Tertiary (late Eocene)


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

Notable exposures in cuts along a secondary road crossing a tributary of Saddle Bayou in the NW/4 sec. 20, T. 9 N., R. 2 W., Grant Parish, central LA. Best exposures in N/2 sec. 27, T. 9 N., R. 2 W. (Fisk, 1938).


AAPG geologic province:

Arkla basin


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

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