Usage:
Piscataway Member of Aquia Formation (MD*,VA*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary*
Paleocene, late*
Landenian, late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Lectostratotype on Potomac River, 2.4 km below mouth of Aquia Creek, Stafford Co., VA (Ward, 1985). Named from Piscataway Creek which empties into the Potomac River on the Maryland bank, 10 mi below Washington, D.C. (Clark and Martin, 1901).
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.
"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 ([ ]).