Foreknobs Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Frasnian - Famennian[1] | |
Type | sedimentary |
Unit of | Greenland Gap Group |
Sub-units | Mallow Member, Briery Gap Sandstone Member, Blizzard Member, Pound Sandstone Member, and Red Lick Member |
Underlies | Catskill Formation, or Hampshire Formation in VA |
Overlies | Scherr Formation, or Brallier Formation in VA |
Thickness | 1321 ft at type section |
Lithology | |
Primary | Siltstone, sandstone, shale |
Other | Conglomerate |
Location | |
Region | Appalachian Mountains |
Extent | Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia |
Type section | |
Named for | Fore Knobs of Allegheny Front |
Named by | J. M. Dennison, 1970 |
The Devonian Foreknobs Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.