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

Cooper, B.N., 1961, Grand Appalachian field excursion: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Geological Sciences Guidebook, no. 1, 119 p.


Summary:

Named the Giesler limestone for Giesler Mill, Washington Co., VA. Consists of 175 feet of limestone that includes a few intercalated dolomitic layers. Some beds bear fossils characteristic of the middle and upper part of the Lenoir limestone. Unit overlies either the Tumbez limestone or the Mosheim limestone. The Giesler is of Middle Ordovician (Champlanian) age.

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


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