Usage:
Emuckfaw Formation of Heard Group (AL)
Emuckfaw Group (AL)
Subunits:
Glenloch Schist of Emuckfaw Group (AL); Timbergut and Josie Leg formations/members (informal)
Geologic age:
Paleozoic, early
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures along Emuckfaw Creek, 2.4 km north of Horseshoe Bend, Tallapoosa Co., east-central AL (Neathery and Reynolds, 1975).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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