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Geologic Unit: Decaturville

Usage:

Decaturville Chert (TN*)
Decaturville Chert of Linden Group (TN)
Decaturville chert zone (informal) of Ross Formation (TN)

For informal usage, the rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.


Geologic age:

Early Devonian (Lochkovian to Pragian; Helderbergian Provincial Age)*


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

Vicinity of Decaturville, Decatur Co., western TN (Dunbar, 1918).


AAPG geologic province:

Cincinnati arch*


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

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).