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  • Usage in publication:
    • Ellett formation
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Cooper, G.A., 1956, Chazyan and related brachiopods [U.S.-Canada]: Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, v. 127, pt. 1, 1245 p.


Summary:

Named the Ellett formation for Ellett Station, Montgomery Co., VA. Consists of dark gray limestones between Knox group and Botetourt formation in belt east of Roanoke Valley. Unit is of Middle Ordovician (Mohawkian) age.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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