Usage:
Wachapreague Formation (VA*)
Geologic age:
Quaternary*
Pleistocene, late*
Sangamonian, late*
Wisconsinan, early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): borehole W-1, on the crest of relict Upshur Neck barrier ridge, 1 mi (1.6 km) north-northeast of center of town of Wachapreague, Accomack Co., VA (Mixon, 1985).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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