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Tuscarora Sandstone
Bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Silurian Tuscarora Formation — also known as Tuscarora Sandstone or Tuscarora Quartzite — is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia, US.
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Tuscarora Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Aeronian - Telychian[1] | |
![]() Outcrop of Tuscarora Formation in Thickhead Wild Area, Centre County, Pennsylvania | |
Type | sedimentary |
Sub-units | Castanea Member[2] |
Underlies | Clinton Group and Rose Hill Formation |
Overlies | Juniata Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | quartzarenite (sandstone) |
Other | conglomerate |
Location | |
Region | Appalachian Mountains |
Extent | Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia |
Type section | |
Named for | Tuscarora Mountain |
Named by | Darton and Taff[3] |
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