Waccamaw Formation

The Waccamaw Formation is a geologic formation in southeastern North Carolina and eastern South Carolina. It preserves fossils from the early Pleistocene epoch. The Waccamaw Formation contains two informal members: "upper" and "lower". The upper Waccamaw is ~2.0-1.8 million years old. The lower Waccamaw Formation is ~2.4-2.2 million years old.

Waccamaw Formation
Stratigraphic range: Gelasian
Type	Formation
Sub-units	upper, lower
Location
Region	North Carolina, South Carolina
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Waccamaw River
Named by	William Healey Dall

The stratigraphic section preserves four transgressive pulses in the lower Waccamaw, and four in the Upper. The maximum sea level preserved is about 65 meters above the current level.

The molluscan fauna is quite diverse, nearly a thousand species have been reported.

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• United States portal
• Paleontology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in North Carolina

References

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.