Usage:
North Keys Sand (MD*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Miocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Vicinity of North keys, a hamlet on road from Brandywine to Naylor, in Prince Georges Co., MD. Crops out on eastern flank of upland, caps many hills between the upland and Patuxent River, and is exposed in many roadcuts (Hack, 1955).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin*
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