Usage:
Gassaway Member of Chattanooga Shale (AL*,GA*,KY*,TN*)
Subunits:
Bransford Sandstone Bed (TN*)
Geologic age:
Late Devonian to Early Mississippian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
On Highway 63, 5 mi south of Gassaway, Cannon Co., TN (Campbell, 1946).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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