Usage:
Brallier Shale (MD*,VA*,WV*)
Brallier Shale of Susquehanna Group (PA*)
Brallier Formation (VA,WV*)
Brallier Formation of Susquehanna Group (PA*)
Brallier Member of Chattanooga Shale (TN)
Brallier Member of Fort Littleton Formation of Susquehanna Group (PA)
Subunits:
Back Creek Siltstone Member (VA,WV), Minnehaha Springs Member (VA)
Geologic age:
Late Devonian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from railway station 6 mi northeast of Everett, Bedford Co., south-central PA (Butts, 1918).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).