Usage:
Popes Creek Sand Member of Calvert Formation of Chesapeake Group (DE*,MD*,VA*)
Geologic age:
late Tertiary (early Miocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: outcrop on the north bank of the Potomac River, 300 ft (91 m) southeast of the mouth of Popes Creek, Charles Co., MD (Gibson, 1983).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin*
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