Usage:
Buckfield Group (ME)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in ME: Berry Ledge Formation, Moody Brook Formation, Noyes Mountain Formation, Patch Mountain Formation, Turner formation [informal].
Geologic age:
Silurian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Origin of name not stated. Notable exposures in Buckfield and Dixfield quadrangles, southwestern ME] (Warner and Pankiwskyj, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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