Usage:
Patapsco Formation (NJ*,PA*)
Patapsco Formation of Potomac Group (MD*,DC*,VA*,DE*,NJ*,PA*)
Subunits:
Informal Elk Neck beds (MD)
Geologic age:
late Early to early Late Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: Valley of the Patapsco River, MD (Clark, 1897).
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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