Sharon Conglomerate | |
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Stratigraphic range: Pennsylvanian | |
Type | Sedimentary |
Unit of | Pottsville Formation |
Overlies | Meadville Shale |
Lithology | |
Primary | conglomerate |
Location | |
Region | Pennsylvania |
Country | United States |
Extent | Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland |
Type section | |
Named for | Sharon, Pennsylvania |
The Sharon Conglomerate is a geologic formation of early Pennsylvanian age in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Maryland, in the United States. It is dominantly conglomerate and quartzarenite sandstone. In places it is abundantly crossbedded.
The Sharon Conglomerate is generally considered a Member of the Pottsville Formation in Pennsylvania and Maryland,[1] but it is a Formation in Ohio.