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Geologic Unit: Teays

Usage:

Teays Formation (OH,WV)


Subunits:

Gallia Sand Member and Minford Silt Member


Geologic age:

Quaternary
Pleistocene, early


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

Forms floor of Teay Valley, Cabell Co., southwestern WV (Campbell, 1900).
Teays Depot, Lat. 38.44 deg. N., Long. 81.95 deg. W., is stated to be type locality (Bonnett and others, 1991).


AAPG geologic province:

Appalachian basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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