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The Pennsylvanian Pottsville Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, western Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, and Alabama. It is a major ridge-former in the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians of the eastern United States. The Pottsville Formation is conspicuous at many sites along the Allegheny Front, the eastern escarpment of the Allegheny or Appalachian Plateau.

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  • Pottsville Formation (en)
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  • The Pennsylvanian Pottsville Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, western Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, and Alabama. It is a major ridge-former in the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians of the eastern United States. The Pottsville Formation is conspicuous at many sites along the Allegheny Front, the eastern escarpment of the Allegheny or Appalachian Plateau. (en)
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  • Pottsville Formation (en)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Worlds_End_State_Park_Rock_Garden_5.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Blackwater_Falls.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pottsville_Formation_Worlds_End.jpg
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  • see Stratigraphy section (en)
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  • Brookville Coal of Allegheny Formation Llewellyn Formation (en)
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  • Typical Pottsville Formation at Worlds End State Park, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania (en)
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  • Pennsylvanian (en)
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  • sedimentary (en)
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  • The Pennsylvanian Pottsville Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, western Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, and Alabama. It is a major ridge-former in the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians of the eastern United States. The Pottsville Formation is conspicuous at many sites along the Allegheny Front, the eastern escarpment of the Allegheny or Appalachian Plateau. (en)
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  • Alabama, Maryland, Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia (en)
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  • J. P. Lesley, 1876 (en)
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  • Coldwater Shale, Cuyahoga Formation, Logan Formation, Mauch Chunk Formation, Maxville Limestone, and Parkwood Formation (en)
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