Usage:
Silverdale Formation (NC)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Oligocene, late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Exposures in a quarry located at the intersection of County Roads 1434 and 1442, east of the city of Silverdale, Onslow Co., NC (Baum and others, 1978).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin
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