Usage:
Naheola Formation of Midway Group (AL*,MS*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Coal Bluff Marl Member (AL*), Fearn Springs Member (MS), Oak Hill Member (AL*).
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (Paleocene; Midwayan Provincial Age)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures at Naheola, on Tombigbee River, Choctaw Co., western AL (Smith and Johnson, 1887).
AAPG geologic province:
Mid-Gulf Coast basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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