Usage:
Gilbert shale (informal, unranked) in Kanawha Formation (WV)
Informal and unranked. The lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: first described in Wyoming Co., southern WV (Hennen and Gawthrop, 1915).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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 ([ ]).