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Geologic Unit: Torreya

Usage:

Torreya Formation (FL*)
Torreya Formation of Hawthorn Group (FL*,GA)


Subunits:

Sopchoppy and Dogtown Clay Members (FL,GA)


Geologic age:

late Tertiary (Miocene; Hemingfordian to Barstovian NALMA)*


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

Type section: exposures at Rock Bluff on the east bank of the Apalachicola River, in SW/4 sec. 17, T. 2 N., R. 7 W., Liberty Co., FL. Named from Torreya State Park (Banks and Hunter, 1973).


AAPG geologic province:

Florida platform*
South Georgia sedimentary province*


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 ([ ]).