Usage:
Powells Crossroads Formation (VA)
Subunits:
(ascending): Londonbridge Member, Sand Bridge Member.
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene, late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: sand and gravel pit, now "Mt. Trashmore" recreational area, 0.1 mi northeast of intersection of Kempsville and Holland Roads, known as Powells Crossroads, Lat. 36 deg. 50 min. 00 sec., N., Long. 76 deg. 08 min. 00 sec. W., Kempsville 7.5-min quadrangle, Virginia Beach, VA (Spencer and Campbell, 1987).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin
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