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Formation", "Upper Member of
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the Morrison Formation", "Unknown Granite", "Alluvium", "Fluvial terrace 1A", "Water").
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- `age`: A human-readable description of the age of the feature (e.g., "Cretaceous", "Late Jurassic", "201-145 Ma", "
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probably Late Miocene", "Kimmeridgian–Tithonian(?)").
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probably Late Miocene", "Kimmeridgian–Tithonian(?)"). Ideally, this would be the most specific possible age
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representation
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that can be assigned to the unit.
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- `descrip`: A text description for the unit, typically what would be rendered in a map legend.
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- `lith`: A comma-separated list of lithologies present in the unit (e.g., "sandstone, shale, conglomerate").
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- `b_interval`: The formal base interval of the unit (Macrostrat `interval_id`)
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- `t_interval`: The formal top interval of the unit (Macrostrat `interval_id`)
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- `b_interval`: The formal base interval of the unit (Macrostrat `interval_id` or interval name)
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- `t_interval`: The formal top interval of the unit (Macrostrat `interval_id` or interval name)
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### Commonly used fields
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