Usage:
Sedgefield Member of Tabb Formation (VA*)
Geologic age:
Quaternary*
Pleistocene, late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposure in Williams Paving Company sand pit, 0.6 km west of Big Bethel Road (State Road 600) and 1.1 km north of U.S. Interstate Highway I-64, City of Hampton, VA. Named from settlement, city of Newport News (Johnson, 1976).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast 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 ([ ]).