Usage:
Reston Member of Manassas Sandstone of Culpeper Group of Newark Supergroup (VA*, MD*)
Reston Formation of Culpeper Group of Newark Supergroup (VA)
Geologic age:
Late Triassic (late Carnian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: outcrop at east end of cut, 82.5 m (270 ft) from the entrance junction of the south ramp of the Dulles Airport Access Road with Reston Ave., Reston, Vienna quadrangle, Fairfax Co., VA (Lee, 1977).
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.
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