Usage:
/Rockwood Oolite Member of Bangor Limestone (AL-recognized locally in Russellville district)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Rockwood Formation of Hayes (1891) in TN and GA.]
Geologic age:
Late Mississippian (Chesterian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: near Rockwood, Franklin Co., northwestern AL (Jones, 1928).
AAPG geologic province:
Black Warrior basin
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