Usage:
Bremen Sandstone Member of Pottsville Formation (AL*)
Geologic age:
Early Pennsylvanian (Morrowan)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures in Bremen, northwest corner of Birmingham quadrangle, Cullman, Co., northern central AL (US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
Black Warrior basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).