Usage:
Grampian Hills Member of Nanafalia Formation (AL*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Paleocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality and section: in continuous roadcut along AL Highway 41 on south side of Gravel Creek Valley, 7.1 mi south of Camden on road to Monroeville, Wilcox Co. Named from exposures in Grampian Hills, southern part of Wilcox Co., AL (LaMoreaux and Toulmin, 1959).
AAPG geologic province:
Mid-Gulf Coast basin*
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