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Geologic Unit: Princess Anne

Usage:

No current usage.
(†Princess Anne Formation (FL,GA,MD,NC,SC,VA) abandoned. Considered a geomorphic feature, Princess Anne terrace. Locally in SC considered an informal alloformation.)


Geologic age:

Quaternary (Pleistocene)


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

Named from typical exposures at village of Princess Anne, Princess Anne Co., eastern VA (Wentworth, 1930).


AAPG geologic province:

Atlantic Coast basin
South Georgia sedimentary province


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 ([ ]).