Talbot Formation
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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.
| 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 term is no longer formally recognized but occurs in geologic literature.[2] The term is retained as a geomorphic feature, the Talbot terrace.[3]
