Scherr Formation
The Devonian Scherr Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.
| Scherr Formation | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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