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Geologic Unit: Scotts Corners

Usage:

Scotts Corners Formation of Delaware Bay Group (DE)


Geologic age:

Quaternary (Pleistocene)


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

Type section: Locality Lf14-p, along Scotts Corner Road, approx. 1 mi southeast of Scotts Corners, Milford Neck area, Mispillion River quadrangle, Kent Co., east-central DE (Ramsey, 1993).


AAPG geologic province:

Atlantic Coast basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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