Peedee Formation Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous |
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Type | Formation |
Overlies | Black Creek Formation |
Thickness | 0 to 886 ft. |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sand - glauconitic to argillic |
Other | Clay, limestone |
Location | |
Region | North Carolina and South Carolina |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Pee Dee River, type locality: Burches Ferry, South Carolina |
The Peedee Formation is a geologic formation in North and South Carolina. A marine deposit, named for exposures along the Great Peedee River, it preserves belemnites and foraminifera fossils dating from the Late Cretaceous.