Usage:
Calderwood Formation (ME*)
Geologic age:
Devonian(?)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Notable exposures on Vinalhaven Island, Knox Co., central southern ME. Named from Calderwood Neck, [Vinalhaven 7.5-min quadrangle, Knox Co., central southern ME] (Smith, 1896).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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