Talbot Formation
| Talbot Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Neogene | |
Minor faulting of interbedded clay and sand of Talbot Formation on Morgan Creek | |
| Type | Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Maryland |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Talbot County, Maryland |
| Named by | G. B. Shattuck (1901)[1] |
The Talbot Formation is a geologic formation in that goes along that Atlantic Coastal Plain from Delaware to Florida. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.
The term is no longer formally recognized but occurs in geologic literature.[2] The term is retained as a geomorphic feature, the Talbot terrace.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Shattuck, G.B., 1901, The Pleistocene problem of the north Atlantic Coastal Plain: Johns Hopkins University Circular, v. 20, no. 152, p. 69-75.
- ^ National Geologic Map Database, Geolex — Unit Summary, Talbot
- ^ "Geologic Units: Wicomico publications". National Geologic Map Database. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.