Usage:
No current usage.
(†Eden Group has been abandoned as a lithostratigraphic term, and has been used as a chronostratigraphic term (Edenian Stage) for some time. To prevent confusion, the use of Eden as a lithostratigraphic term should be avoided.)
Geologic age:
Late Ordovician
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Eden Park, Cincinnati, OH (Newberry, 1873).
AAPG geologic province:
Cincinnati arch
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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