- Usage in publication:
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- Yellow Branch member
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Limestone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Named the Yellow Branch member of the Poteet formation for Yellow Branch, Lee Co., VA. Consists of gray, thick-bedded calcarenite. Thickness is 8 to 9 feet. Unit shows up in chart as unit in lower part of Poteet formation and of Middle Ordovician (Mohawkian) age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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