Tonoloway Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Pridoli[1] | |
Type | sedimentary |
Underlies | Keyser Formation |
Overlies | Wills Creek Formation |
Thickness | 250+/-20 m |
Lithology | |
Primary | limestone |
Other | shale |
Location | |
Region | Appalachian Mountains |
Extent | Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia |
Type section | |
Named for | Tonoloway Ridge, Rock Ford, WV |
Named by | E. O. Ulrich, 1911[2] |
The Late Silurian Tonoloway Formation is a mapped limestone bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. The Tonoloway is roughly equivalent to the Salina group that is found to the north and west.