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Coosawhatchie Formation

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Scott, T. M., The lithostratigraphy of the Hawthorn Group (Miocene) of Florida: Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 59, 148 p. 1988.
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Veatch, O., and Stevenson, L. W., 1911, Geology of the coastal plain of Georgia: Georgia Geologic Survey Bulletin 26, 466 p.
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The Coosawhatchie Formation varies in color from a light gray to olive gray. It is poorly consolidated, variably clayey and
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factor of the Coosawhatchie sediments is generally low, forming part of the intermediate confining
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Silicified nodules are often present in the sediments and may contain 20% or more
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Charlton Member outcrops in just one location, that being northern
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The Coosawhatchie Formation is located on the eastern flank of the
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Few to no fossils and mostly contained in the Charlton Member.
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Index

Stratigraphic range
Miocene
Geological formation
Hawthorn Group
Sand
clay
limestone
dolomite
phosphate clay
North Florida
United States
Coosawhatchie River

Miocene
geologic formation
outcrop
North Florida
Hawthorn Group
Period
Neogene
Epoch
Miocene
mya
17.7
Faunal stage
Arikareean
Hemphillian
Ocala Platform
Columbia County
Marion County, Florida

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