Rockwell Formation

Rockwell Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Devonian to Early Mississippian
Rockwell Formation at Sideling Hill, I-68 roadcut
TypeSedimentary
Sub-unitsFinzel Tongue, Patton Shale, Riddlesburg Shale
UnderliesPocono Formation and Purselane Sandstone
OverliesHampshire Formation
Thickness500 to 540 feet in WV, 540 to 550 feet at Sideling Hill
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, shale, conglomerate
Location
RegionAppalachian Mountains
ExtentWest Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania
Type section
Named forRockwell Run, West Virginia
Named byStose and Swartz, 1912

The Rockwell Formation is a late Devonian and early Mississippian mapped bedrock unit in West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, in the United States.

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