Usage:
Aquia Formation (DE*,MD,DC*)
Aquia Greensand (DE*,MD,DC*)
Aquia Formation of Pamunkey Group (MD*,VA*)
Aquia Greensand of Pamunkey Group (MD*)
Subunits:
Paspotansa (MD*,VA*) and Piscataway (MD*,VA*) Members.
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (late Paleocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: Aquia Creek, Stafford Co., eastern VA (Clark and Martin, 1901).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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