Usage:
Windy Hills Gneiss of Wilmington Complex (DE)
Geologic age:
Ordovician
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: along White Clay Creek, under the Windy Hills bridge, on Kirkwood Highway (DE Route 2), Lat. 39 deg. 41 min. 32 sec. N., Long. 75 deg. 43 min. 29 sec. W., Newark East 7.5-min quadrangle, New Castle Co., DE (locality Cb42-c). Origin of name not stated by authors, but probably named from town of Windy Hills (Plank and others, 2000).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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