Elbrook Formation Explained

Elbrook Formation
Type:Formation
Age:Cambrian
Period:Cambrian
Region:Appalachia and Southeastern United States
Country:United States
Underlies:Conococheague Formation
Overlies:Waynesboro Formation
Extent:Virginia[1] and West Virginia

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.

References

  1. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/19078 Paleozoic Sedimentary Successions of the Virginia Valley & Ridge and Plateau