Field Notebook: 1977
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11/9/77 TUSCALOOSA FM. - CENO. PHENIX CITY QUAD. Alabama Rheinhardt #65 upp. 25 m above xlines. 25 m. GRAVEL CAP. OF PLOCENE. Sandy - Feldspathic CLAY STRINGERS some CLAY CLASTS w red centers green edges clay reduced after it fell into stream LOCAL SCoured ENV. HIGH ON Flood plain. Flood Plain OXIDIZING AT THIS LOC, MANY SMALL CHANNELS. Basically a SANDY UNIT near DISTRIBUTARY MOST of TUSCALOOSA IS MORE CLAYEY