Usage:
Cedar Cliff Limestone Member of Bloomsburg Formation (MD*,PA*,VA*,WV*)
Cedar Cliff Limestone Member of Williamsport Formation (MD*,PA*,VA*,WV*)
Cedar Cliff Limestone Member of Williamsport Sandstone (WV*)
Cedar Cliff Limestone Lens of Wills Creek Shale (MD)
Cedar Cliff Limestone Lentil of Bloomsburg Formation (PA)
Geologic age:
late Silurian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Cedar Cliff, southwest of Cumberland, Allegany Co., western MD (Swartz, 1923).
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.
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