Talbot Formation

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)

Last updated July 27, 2025

The Talbot Formation is a geologic formation in Maryland. 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.

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

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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[1] Shattuck, G.B., 1901, The Pleistocene problem of the north Atlantic Coastal Plain: Johns Hopkins University Circular, v. 20, no. 152, p. 69-75.

[2] National Geologic Map Database, Geolex — Unit Summary, Talbot

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Talbot Formation

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