Usage:
Lafayette Member of Epler Formation (NJ)
Geologic age:
Early Ordovician
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not stated, although unit is described in measured sections. Origin of name not stated by authors, but probably named from town of Lafayette, Sussex Co., NJ (Markewicz and Dalton, 1977).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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