Scherr Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Late Devonian | |
Type | sedimentary |
Unit of | Greenland Gap Group |
Sub-units | Minnehaha Springs Member |
Underlies | Foreknobs Formation |
Overlies | Brallier Formation |
Thickness | 1,004 ft (306 m) at type section |
Lithology | |
Primary | Shale |
Other | Siltstone |
Location | |
Region | Appalachian Mountains |
Extent | Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia |
Type section | |
Named for | Scherr, West Virginia |
Named by | J. M. Dennison, 1970 |
The Devonian Scherr Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.