Keyser Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Pridoli-Lochkovian[1] | |
Type | Sedimentary |
Unit of | Helderberg Group |
Sub-units | Byers Island, Jersey Shore & La Vale Members |
Underlies | New Creek Limestone and Old Port Formation |
Overlies | Tonoloway Formation |
Thickness | 33 m (108 ft) at Allegheny Furnace |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 38°18′N 79°36′W / 38.3°N 79.6°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 36°18′S 41°30′W / 36.3°S 41.5°W |
Region | Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia |
Country | United States |
Extent | Appalachian Mountains |
Type section | |
Named for | Keyser, West Virginia |
Named by | E. O. Ulrich |
Year defined | 1911[2] |
The Late Silurian to Early Devonian Keyser Formation is a mapped limestone bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.