Middle Eocene Foraminifera From the Piney Point Formation of the Virginia and Maryland Coastal Plain

• Main Author: Jones, Megan S.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: ODU Digital Commons 1990
• Subjects: Foraminifera; Fossil; Stratigraphic; Eocene; Geology; Oceanography; Paleontology; Alabama; Hayne; Salisbury; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/oeas_etds/236; https://doi.org/10.25777/6m0w-x505; https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/context/oeas_etds/article/1236/viewcontent/Jones_MiddleEoceneForaminiferaFromThe_1990_Redacted.pdf

This study examines the foraminiferal fauna, both benthic and planktonic, of the outcropping (45 samples) and subsurface (31 samples) middle Eocene Piney Point Formation in Virginia and Maryland. The primary objective of this study is to further refine the depositional history of the Salisbury Embay...