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Geologic Unit: Clarksburg

Usage:

Clarksburg limestone (informal) of Conemaugh Group (OH,WV)
upper and lower Clarksburg limestones (informal) (MD,PA)

Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.


Geologic age:

Pennsylvanian, Late


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Exposures along bed of Elk and West Fork Rivers, vicinity of Clarksburg, Harrisonburg Co., WV (White, 1891).


AAPG geologic province:

Appalachian basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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