Usage:
Cannon Hill Formation of Hampshire Group (WV)
Subunits:
at type section includes (ascending) informal Warren and Elizabeth intervals [drillers' terms]; at reference section includes Elizabeth, Bayard, and Fifth intervals
Geologic age:
late Late Devonian (Famennian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Outcrop along railroad, 1.9 km west of Rowlesburg, Preston Co., WV (Boswell and others, 1987).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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