CONTENTS 



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ABSTRACT 1 



INTRODUCTION 1 



Previous work 2 



Mapping methods 7 



Cooperation, administration, and acknowledgments 8 



STRATIGRAPHY 9 



Quaternary and Tertiary Systems 10 



Recent to Miocene Series 10 



Tertiary System 13 



Oligocene Series 13 



Eocene Series 18 



Upper Eocene rocks 18 



g^^g □ Middle Eocene rocks .. 25 



j§ ,-q Lower Eocene rocks 32 



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^^s o Paleocene Series 36 



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^^= Cretaceous System 41 



^^^ Upper Cretaceous Series 41 



Post-Tuscaloosa deposits 41 



Tuscaloosa Formation 47 



Lower Cretaceous(?) Series 51 



STRUCTURE 55 



UNSOLVED PROBLEMS 66 



REFERENCES 68 



INDEX 74 



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