Usage:
Wabasso beds (informal) of Hawthorn Group (FL,GA*,SC*)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Pliocene, early*
Zanclean
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Reference section (subsurface): depth-interval 128.5 to 211 ft, Florida Geological Survey core Phred 1 (W-13958), 3.5 mi (5.6 km) south of the community of Wabasso, in SW/4 SW/4 sec. 16, T. 32 S., R. 39 W., Indian River Co., FL (Huddlestun, 1988).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin*
South Georgia sedimentary province*
Florida platform
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 ([ ]).