Usage:
Belpre Ash Bed (KY*,OH*,PA*,TN*,VA*,WV*)
Belpre Ash (VA)
Geologic age:
Late Devonian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): depth 3,874 ft (1,182 m), Lamp 1 well, Lot 66, Belpre Twp., Washington Co., OH (Collins, 1979).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
Illinois 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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