Usage:
Exmore Formation (VA*-subsurface)
Recognized in Chesapeake Bay impact crater area.
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (late Eocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 443.90 to 866.70 m (1,456.35 to 2,843.5 ft), Eyreville A core, Northampton Co., Outer Coastal Plain of VA. Named from town of Exmore, Northampton Co., VA (Edwards and others, 2009).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast 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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