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Geologic Unit: Florala

Usage:

Florala Limestone Member of Bridgeboro Limestone (GA,AL,FL)


Geologic age:

Tertiary
Oligocene, early
Rupelian


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type section: lime pit of the Stovall Lime and Cattle Co., Inc., approx. 7 mi east of Florala, AL, on AL Highway 54, in SE/4 sec. 22, T. 1 N., R. 20 W., Hacoda quadrangle, Covington Co., south-central AL (Huddlestun, 1993).


AAPG geologic province:

Mid-Gulf Coast basin
South Georgia sedimentary province


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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