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  • Usage in publication:
    • Alabama white limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Mid-Gulf Coast basin
Publication:

Casey, T.L., 1902, On the probable age of the Alabama white limestone: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Proceedings, September 3, 1901, v. 53, no. 3, p. 513-518.


Summary:

Pg. 513. Alabama white limestone. White limestone exposed on Tombigbee River near St. Stephens and on Alabama River near Claiborne, [Monroe County], Alabama. [Same as †St. Stephens limestone (Oligocene and upper Eocene).]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 21).


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