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Geologic Unit: Boscabel

Usage:

Boscabel boulder beds (informal) of Tuckahoe Group (VA)
Spelled Boscobel in some reports.

Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.


Geologic age:

Late Triassic (middle Carnian)


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

Notable exposures at Boscabel Ferry [on James River near Manakin], Goochland Co., Richmond basin, eastern VA (Shaler and Woodworth, 1899).


AAPG geologic province:

Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Richmond basin


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

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