No current usage.
(†Sunderland Formation (DC,MD,NC,SC,VA) abandoned. Considered a geomorphic feature, Sunderland terrace.)
Quaternary (Pleistocene)
Named from hamlet of Sunderland, on the divide, in [Prince Frederick 15-min quadrangle], Calvert Co., southern MD (Shattuck, 1901).
Atlantic Coast basin
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