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Geologic Unit: Bottom Creek

Usage:

Bottom Creek Suite (VA)


Geologic age:

Mesoproterozoic


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

Not designated. Named from Bottom Creek, Lat. 37 deg. 08 min. N., Long. 80 deg. 11 min. W., Elliston quadrangle, Montgomery Co., VA (Bartholomew and Lewis, 1984).


AAPG geologic province:

Piedmont-Blue Ridge province


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

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