Elbrook Formation

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| age = Cambrian

| period = Cambrian

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| region = Appalachia and Southeastern United States

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| underlies = Conococheague Formation

| overlies = Waynesboro Formation

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| extent = Virginia[http://hdl.handle.net/10919/19078 Paleozoic Sedimentary Successions of the Virginia Valley & Ridge and Plateau] and West Virginia

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The Elbrook Formation is a geologic formation in West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. It dates back to the Cambrian period. Fossils of trilobite fragments have been discovered, but they are rare. The Elbrook Formation is not considered fossiliferous.

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References

  • [http://www.wvgs.wvnet.edu/www/images/GenStratChartWV20151113.pdf Generalized Stratigraphic Chart for West Virginia]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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Category:Cambrian West Virginia

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