Usage:
Tybee Phosphorite Member of Coosawhatchie Formation (GA*)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (middle Miocene; Serravallian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 75 to 94 ft, Chatham 10 core (GGS-1394), Tybee Island, the northernmost Sea Island of Chatham Co., GA (Huddlestun, 1988).
AAPG geologic province:
South Georgia sedimentary province*
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