Usage:
Falls Church Intrusive Suite (VA*)
Geologic age:
Cambrian*
Ordovician, Early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: Northern part of the Falls Church-Annandale area, Falls Church and Annandale 7.5-min quadrangles, Fairfax Co., VA (Drake and Froelich, 1986).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).