Usage:
Rose Hill Formation (MD*,PA*,TN*,VA*,WV*)
Rose Hill Formation of Clinton Group (MD,PA,WV)
Rose Hill Shale of Clinton Group (PA,WV)
Geologic age:
early Silurian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures on Rose Hill, Cumberland, northwestern MD (Swartz, 1923).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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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 ([ ]).