Usage:
Greggs Landing Marl Member of Tuscahoma Sand of Wilcox Group (AL*,MS*)
Greggs Landing Marl Member of Tuscahoma Formation of Wilcox Group (AL*,MS*)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (late Paleocene; Thanetian; Sabinian Provincial Age)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures at Greggs Landing, on Alabama River, in northwestern part of Monroe Co., southwestern AL (US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).
AAPG geologic province:
Mid-Gulf Coast basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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