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  • Usage in publication:
    • Harrell Shale*
  • Modifications:
    • Biostratigraphic dating
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Harris, A.G., Stamm, N.R., Weary, D.J., Repetski, J.E., Stamm, R.G., and Parker, R.A., 1994, Conodont color alteration index (CAI) map and conodont-based age determinations for the Winchester 30' x 60' quadrangle and adjacent area, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map, MF-2239, 1 sheet, 40 p., scale 1:100,000 [http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_294.htm]


Summary:

Conodont biostratigraphy indicates that the Harrell Shale in the Winchester 30 X 60 minute quadrangle is of Late Devonian (early Frasnian) age. Conodonts were recovered from the upper part of the Lower M. FALSIOVALIS Zone to the lower part of the PALMATOLEPIS TRANSITANS Zone.

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


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