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Selma Group; Cusseta Sand Member of the Ripley Formation

Cusseta Sand Member of the Ripley Formation - (Selma Group), Cross-bedded, medium to coarse sand; glauconitic, fossiliferous fine sand; and dark-gray fossiliferous, micaceous, carbonaceous clay. The member occurs at the base of the Ripley Formation and extends from Georgia westward into Montgomery County where it merges with the Demopolis Chalk.
StateAlabama
NameSelma Group; Cusseta Sand Member of the Ripley Formation
Geologic ageCretaceous
Original map labelKrc
Primary rock typesand
Secondary rock typeclay or mud
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Claydark-gray fossiliferous, micaceous, carbonaceous clay.
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > SandCross-bedded, medium to coarse sand; glauconitic, fossiliferous fine sand.
Map references
Szabo, M. W., Osborne, E. W., Copeland, C. W. Jr., Neathery; T. L., 1988, Geologic Map of Alabama, Geological Survey of Alabama Special Map 220, scale 1:250,000.
Unit references
Szabo, M. W., Osborne, E. W., Copeland, C. W. Jr., Neathery; T. L., 1988, Geologic Map of Alabama, Geological Survey of Alabama Special Map 220, scale 1:250,000.
Geographic coverageBarbour - Bullock - Montgomery - Russell

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