Usage:
Romney Shale (MD*,PA,VA*,WV*)
Romney Formation (MD)
Subunits:
Hamilton, Marcellus, Needmore Shale Members (MD); Millboro Member (VA).
Geologic age:
Devonian, Middle*
Devonian, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures at Romney, Hampshire Co., east-central WV (Darton, 1892).
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 ([ ]).