Usage:
Teays Formation (OH,WV)
Subunits:
Gallia Sand Member and Minford Silt Member
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene, early
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Forms floor of Teay Valley, Cabell Co., southwestern WV (Campbell, 1900).
Teays Depot, Lat. 38.44 deg. N., Long. 81.95 deg. W., is stated to be type locality (Bonnett and others, 1991).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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