Usage:
Vick Formation (AL*)
Geologic age:
early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: series of exposures along old Centerville-Randolph Road, in SE/4 SW/4 and SW/4 SE/4 sec. 27, T. 23 N., R. 10 E., together with exposures in wall of 60-ft sink hole 0.25 mi southwest of road exposures, in vicinity of Vick, Bibb Co., AL (Conant, 1946).
AAPG geologic province:
Mid-Gulf Coast basin*
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