306 THE COASTAL PLAIN OF NORTH CAROLINA.

TABLE SHOWING CORRELATION OF LOWER CRETACEOUS FORMATIONS.
tr gr Re

Nort GEORGIA AND

A EASTERN
DELAWARE, CaRouina. ALABAMA,

APPROXIMATE | PENNSYL- :
EUROPEAN VANIA AND | MARYLAND. VIRGINIA,
EQuivaLENTs.

| PRS ee ae ef ee ao enliven Saale

Patapsco___| Patapsco_-_| Patapsco (?)

Lower Cretaceous.
(Earlier referred to
rhs toe (as bey

BLACK CREEK FORMATION.

2 | ‘The Black Creek formation presents much that is of correlative
4 only in its lithology and stratigraphy, but also in its con-

sils. When we apply the physical criteria to the correlation

1e Black. Oreck beds we find that the deposits present many points

arity with the Magothy-Matawan deposits of the northern area,
Black Creek beds of South Carolina, and also with the Tus-
e Eutaw in the eastern Gulf. Everywhere along the

n ee. separates these beds from those lew,