Usage:
Weches Formation of Claiborne Group (LA,TX*)
Weches Greensand of Claiborne Group (LA,TX*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in TX: Therrill Member, Tyus Member, Viesca Member.
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Eocene, middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not synopsized to date.
AAPG geologic province:
Gulf Coast basin*
Arkla basin*
East Texas 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 ([ ]).