State | Alabama |
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Name | Selma Group; Demopolis Chalk |
Geologic age | Cretaceous |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone > ChalkBrittle, clayey, sandy, fossiliferous, micaceous, chalk
Minor
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sandvery finely to finely sandy chalk
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clayclayey chalk, calcareous clay
Unconsolidated > Marlabundantly fossiliferous chalky marl
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References | Szabo, M.W., Osborne, E.W., Copeland, C.W. Jr., and Neathery, T.L., 1988, Geologic Map of Alabama, Geological Survey of Alabama Special Map 220, scale 1:250,000. |
NGMDB product | |
Counties | Bullock - Crenshaw - Dallas - Greene - Hale - Lowndes - Marengo - Montgomery - Perry - Pickens - Sumter |