State | Missouri |
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Name | Tertiary system |
Geologic age | Tertiary-Late-Pliocene to Paleocene |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Bed, Lens)
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay (Bed)
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravel (Bed)
Minor
Unconsolidated > Marl (Bed)marl refers to loosley consolidated calcareous clays, silts and sands containing glauconite
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References | Howe, W.B. and Koenig, 1961, The Stratigraphic Succession in Missouri: Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Vol XL. 2nd Series. |
NGMDB product | |
Counties | Dunklin - Scott - Stoddard |