Austin Chalk Formation
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Name (Latin)
Austin Chalk Formation
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Formations (Geology) Gulf States
Geology, Stratigraphic Cretaceous
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q4823017
Library of congress:
sh2016001899
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Upper Cretaceous Austin Chalk and Tokio and Eutaw Formations, Gulf Coast, 2010, 2011:p. 1 (Austin Chalk and Tokio and Eutaw Formations of the U.S. Gulf Coast region; Upper Cretaceous Austin Chalk)
- USGS, Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data, August 15, 2016:geology>by state>Texas (Austin Chalk; geologic age: Phanerozoic | Mesozoic | Cretaceous-Late [Gulfian]; primary rock type: limestone; secondary rock type: mudstone)
- Oil and shale gas discovery news WWW site, Jan. 4, 2017:Austin Chalk Formation (The Austin Chalk formation stretches across numerous fields in Texas, Louisiana, and a small portion of Mississippi; 500 km long, 50 km wide)
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Wikipedia description:
The Austin Chalk is an upper Cretaceous geologic formation in the Gulf Coast region of the United States. It is named after type section outcrops near Austin, Texas. The formation is made up of chalk and marl.
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