Usage:
Joynes Neck Sand (VA*)
Geologic age:
Quaternary*
Pleistocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: borehole A-15, on county road 652 about 1.5 mi (2.4 km) E-SE of the town of Accomack and 0.5 mi (0.8 km) SE of the Edge Hill Cemetery, Joynes Neck area of Accomack Co., VA (Mixon, 1985).
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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