Usage:
Occohannock Member of Nassawadox Formation (VA*)
Geologic age:
Quaternary*
Pleistocene*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Exposures in west-facing cliff at the mouth of Shields Cove on the north side of Occohannock Creek, 2.5 mi (4 km) west of Bell Haven, Delmarva Peninsula, Northampton Co., VA. Reference section: Cliffs on south bank of Occohannock Creek, Shooting Point, and Hungars Beach (Mixon, 1985).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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