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Geologic units in Lonoke county, Arkansas

Alluvium - Alluvial deposits of local streams or of overbank flow of major streams (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene) at surface, covers 44 % of this area
Alluvial deposits of local streams or of overbank flow of major streams - In some areas includes deposits in abandoned meanders of major streams
Lithology: alluvium
Atoka Formation - Middle part (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-Middle [Atokan]) at surface, covers 2 % of this area
Atoka Formation - Middle part
Lithology: sandstone; shale
Wilcox Group (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Eocene-Early) at surface, covers 5 % of this area
Wilcox Group
Lithology: sand; silt; clay or mud; gravel; coal
Alluvium - Alluvial deposits in major stream channels or in mappable meanders of major streams (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene) at surface, covers 6 % of this area
Alluvial deposits in major stream channels or in mappable meanders of major streams - Includes alluvial deposits in natural levees in some areas.
Lithology: alluvium
Terrace deposits (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Pleistocene-Late) at surface, covers 34 % of this area
Terrace deposits - Alluvial deposits on one or more terrace levels
Lithology: alluvial terrace
Atoka Formation - Upper part (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-Middle [Atokan]) at surface, covers 1 % of this area
Atoka Formation - Upper part
Lithology: sandstone; shale
Johns Valley Shale (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-Early [Morrowan]) at surface, covers 0.7 % of this area
Johns Valley Shale
Lithology: shale; sandstone; limestone
Alluvium (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Quaternary | Holocene) at surface, covers 0.7 % of this area
Alluvium - Alluvial deposits of present streams
Lithology: alluvium
Atoka Formation - Lower part (Phanerozoic | Paleozoic | Carboniferous Pennsylvanian-Middle [Atokan]) at surface, covers 2 % of this area
Atoka Formation - Lower part
Lithology: sandstone; shale
Midway Group (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Paleocene) at surface, covers 2 % of this area
Midway Group
Lithology: clay or mud; mixed clastic/carbonate; sandstone; limestone

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