Eckman sandstone (informal) in Pocahontas Formation (VA,WV)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Pennsylvanian
Exposures at Eckman, McDowell Co., southern WV (Hennen and Gawthrop, 1915).
Appalachian basin
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