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- Pocono Formation
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- Revised
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Pg. 20, 21. Pocono Formation. A.D. Leonard (unpub. thesis) termed the upper and lower divisions of the Pocono at Jim Thorpe, Bear Mountain Member and Silkmill Run Member, respectively. These members likewise were found in ridges along the rim of the Northern Anthracite Field in central Pennsylvania, where they are overlain by a body of calcareous sandstone designated Abrahams Creek Member. Age is Mississippian.
Area of report is Horse Shoe curve, between Altoona and Gallitzin, [Altoona 15-min quadrangle], Blair Co., central PA.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1350, p. 5, 51-52, 693).
- Usage in publication:
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- Pocono Formation
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- Areal extent
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Author proposes herein that Rockwell and Purslane Formations be used instead of Pocono in MD, as strata bear little resemblance to type Pocono.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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