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Geologic Unit: Pipe Creek

Usage:

Pipe Creek Shale Member of Java Formation (KY*,NY*,OH*,PA*,TN*,VA*,WV*)
Pipe Creek Member of Java Formation (WV)
Pipe Creek Member of Hanover Shale (NY)
Pipe Creek Shale of Java Group (NY)
Pipe Creek Formation of Java Group (PA)


Geologic age:

Late Devonian (late Frasnian)*


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

Type exposure: in Pipe Creek Glen, West Falls, [Colden 7.5-min quadrangle, Erie Co.], western NY (Chadwick, 1933).


AAPG geologic province:

Appalachian basin*


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 ([ ]).