Hatchetigbee Bluff Formation
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| Hatchetigbee Bluff Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Ypresian (Wasatchian) ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Wilcox Group |
| Sub-units | Bashi Member |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Marl, sandstone |
| Other | Shale, siltstone |
| Location | |
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| Region | Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi |
| Country | United States |
| Extent | Gulf of Mexico Basin |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Hatchetigbee Bluff, Tombigbee River, Washington County, Alabama |
| Named by | Smith & Johnson |
| Year defined | 1887 |
  Hatchetigbee Bluff Formation (the United States)  Hatchetigbee Bluff Formation (Alabama) | |
The Hatchetigbee Bluff Formation is a geologic formation in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi. The youngest unit of the Wilcox Group preserves fossils dating back to the Ypresian stage of the Eocene period, or Wasatchian in the NALMA classification.[1] The formation is named for Hatchetigbee Bluff on the Tombigbee River, Washington County, Alabama.[2]
Wasatchian correlations
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See also
[edit | edit source]- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Alabama
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Georgia (U.S. state)
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Louisiana
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mississippi
- Paleontology in Alabama
- Paleontology in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Paleontology in Louisiana
- Paleontology in Mississippi
References
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Smith, E.A., and Johnson, L.C., 1887, Tertiary and Cretaceous strata of the Tuscaloosa, Tombigbee, and Alabama Rivers: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 43, 189 p.
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Alabama
- Geologic formations of Georgia (U.S. state)
- Geologic formations of Louisiana
- Geologic formations of Mississippi
- Eocene Series of North America
- Paleogene Alabama
- Paleogene Georgia (U.S. state)
- Paleogene Louisiana
- Paleogene Mississippi
- Ypresian Stage
- Wasatchian
- Limestone formations
- Sandstone formations of the United States
- Shale formations of the United States
- Siltstone formations of the United States
- Shallow marine deposits
- Paleontology in Alabama
- Paleontology in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Paleontology in Louisiana
- Paleontology in Mississippi
- Marl formations