Chesapeake Group

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The Chesapeake Group is a geologic rock unit in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of the eastern United States, notable for its Miocene-age marine sediments and fossil-rich formations.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chesapeake Group canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic group ⓘ
rock unit ⓘ
chronostratigraphicRange early Miocene ⓘ
late Miocene ⓘ
middle Miocene ⓘ
contains Calvert Formation ⓘ
Choptank Formation ⓘ
linked to: Calvert Formation

St. Marys Formation ⓘ
linked to: Calvert Formation

phosphatic beds ⓘ
containsFossilsFrom foraminifera ⓘ
marine invertebrates ⓘ
marine vertebrates ⓘ
mollusks ⓘ
sharks ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment shallow marine ⓘ
shelf environment ⓘ
geologicAge Miocene ⓘ
geologicPeriod Neogene ⓘ
hasStratigraphicRank group ⓘ
importantFor Miocene marine paleontology ⓘ
biostratigraphy ⓘ
paleoenvironmental reconstruction ⓘ
lithology clay ⓘ
marine sedimentary rocks ⓘ
sand ⓘ
shell beds ⓘ
silt ⓘ
locatedIn eastern United States ⓘ
namedFor Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
notableFor fossil-rich formations ⓘ
overlies Paleogene formations ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Coastal Plain ⓘ
region Mid-Atlantic ⓘ
linked to: Mid-Atlantic states
researchField paleontology ⓘ
sedimentology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
stateExtent Delaware ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
stratigraphicUnitOf Atlantic Coastal Plain sedimentary sequence ⓘ
underlies Pliocene formations ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Calvert Cliffs → partOf → Chesapeake Group ⓘ
Calvert Formation → partOf → Chesapeake Group ⓘ