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  2. Mississippi embayment - Wikipedia

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    The Mississippi embayment represents a break in what was once a single, continuous mountain range comprising the modern Appalachian range, which runs roughly on a north–south axis along the Atlantic coast of the United States, and the Ouachita range, which runs on a rough east–west axis west of the Mississippi River.

  3. Embayment Megagroup - Wikipedia

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    The Wilcox Formation is a sand formation that is part of the Embayment Megagroup. It runs from southern Illinois to the State of Mississippi. It thickens moving southward, starting at about ~20' thick in outcrops in Illinois to 250' thick in Mississippi. [2]

  4. Geology of Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    During the formation of the supercontinent Pangea, ... During the Cenozoic, the Mississippi Embayment was filled by large river and delta systems, ...

  5. Crowley's Ridge - Wikipedia

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    Crowley's Ridge (also Crowleys Ridge) is a geological formation that rises 250 to 550 feet (170 m) above the alluvial plain of the Mississippi embayment in a 150-mile (240 km) line from southeastern Missouri to the Mississippi River near Helena, Arkansas.

  6. Mississippi Alluvial Plain - Wikipedia

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    Mississippi embayment Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal The Mississippi River Alluvial Plain is an alluvial plain created by the Mississippi River on which lie parts of seven U.S. states , from southern Louisiana to southern Illinois (Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana).

  7. Prairie Bluff Chalk - Wikipedia

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    The Prairie Bluff Chalk is a geologic formation in Alabama and Mississippi.It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period. [2] [3]The chalk was formed by marine sediments deposited along the eastern edge of the Mississippi embayment during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous.