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Geologic Unit: Arline

Usage:

Arline Formation (GA,TN,VA)


Subunits:

Fetzer Tongue (TN,GA,VA).


Geologic age:

Late Ordovician (Mohawkian)


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Notable exposures on both sides of valley of small stream tributary to Gallagher Creek, 2 mi southwest of railroad switch at Arline on Concord (TVA 138-SW) and Louisville (TVA 138-SE) quadrangles, eastern TN (Cooper, 1956).


AAPG geologic province:

Appalachian basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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