Usage:
Shoal River Formation of Alum Bluff Group (FL*)
Subunits:
Oak Grove Sand Member (FL*), Whites Creek Beds Member (FL).
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Miocene, middle*
Serravallian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Shell Bluff on north bank of Shoal River, 3.5 mi (straight line) northwest of Mossyhead and 0.75 mi east of Godwin Bridge; base of shell bed 42 ft above river and about 135 ft above sea level (Gardner, 1947).
AAPG geologic province:
Mid-Gulf Coast basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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