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Geologic Unit: Little Northeast Creek

Usage:

Little Northeast Creek Member of James Run Formation (MD*)


Geologic age:

Paleozoic, early*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type section: section along Little Northeast Creek between outcrop belts of Gilpins Falls Member, on flanks of major anticline that trends northeast from near Theodore, Cecil Co., MD (Higgins, 1977).


AAPG geologic province:

Piedmont-Blue Ridge province*


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 ([ ]).