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Geologic Unit: Goose Creek

Usage:

Goose Creek Member of Catharpin Creek Formation (VA*)


Geologic age:

Triassic, Late*
Norian, late*
Jurassic, Early*
Hettangian, early*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Outcrops on the south side of Goose Creek, 2 km (1.3 mi) east of the confluence of Goose Creek and Little River, Loudoun Co., VA (Lindholm, 1979).


AAPG geologic province:

Piedmont-Blue Ridge province*
Culpeper basin*


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 ([ ]).