GEOLEX

Summary of Citation: Blizzard

Publication:
Dennison, J.M., 1970, Stratigraphic divisions of Upper Devonian
   Greenland Gap Group ("Chemung Formation") along Allegheny
   Front in West Virginia, Maryland, and Highland County,
   Virginia: Southeastern Geology, v. 12, no. 1, p. 53-82

Usage in Publication:
Blizzard Member

Modifications:	Geologic Province:	Dominant Lithology:
Named	Appalachian basin	Sandstone Siltstone Shale

Summary:
Blizzard Member here named for stream within 3 km of type section near Judy Gap and assigned to newly named Foreknobs Formation (Greenland Gap Group). Unit consists of interbedded sandstone, siltstone, and some shale with scattered beds of quartz-pebble conglomerate and conglomeratic sandstone. Probably formed in shallow water. 278 ft (85 m) at type section. Ranges to 580 ft (177 m) at Mouth of Seneca. Underlies Pound Sandstone Member of Foreknobs Formation; overlies Briery Gap Sandstone Member of Foreknobs. Age is Late Devonian.

Summary of Citation: Blizzard

Publication:
Warne, A.G. and McGhee, G.R., Jr., 1991, Stratigraphic subdivisions
   of the Upper Devonian Scherr, Foreknobs, and Lock Haven
   Formations near the Allegheny Front of central Pennsylvania:
   Northeastern Geology, v. 13, no. 2, p. 96-109

Usage in Publication:
Blizzard Member

Modifications:	Geologic Province:	Dominant Lithology:
Areal limits	Appalachian basin

Summary:
In south-central PA, the Minnehaha Springs Member of the Scherr Formation and the Mallow, Briery Gap, Blizzard, Pound, and Red Lick Members of the Foreknobs Formation of the Greenland Gap Group are recognized. Blizzard Member is composed of brown, green, and gray sandstone, siltstone, and shale. Commonly contains SPINATRYPA SPINOSA, PSEUDOATRYPA DEVONIANA, CYPRICARDELLA BELLASTRIATA, PRODUCTELLA sp., CYRTOSPIRIFER CHEMUNGENSIS, and CYRTOSPIRIFER INERMIS. Fossils indicate sublittoral shelf environments.

Summary of Citation: Blizzard

Publication:
Dennison, J.M., Filer, J.K. and Rossbach, T.J., 1994, Upper
   Devonian outcrop stratigraphy along the Appalachian basin
   margin in southeastern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia
   and implications for hydrocarbon exploration, IN Schultz,
   A.P., and Rader, E.K., eds., Studies in eastern energy and
   the environment: Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
   Publication, no. 132, p. 43-49, Also, 1994, American Association
   of Petroleum Geologists, Eastern Section Special Volume,
   Williamsburg, VA, September 19-21, 1993.

Usage in Publication:
Blizzard Member

Modifications:	Geologic Province:	Dominant Lithology:
Areal limits	Appalachian basin

Summary:
The term Foreknobs Formation is not used in the stratigraphic cross section south of Gap Mills, WV. Arbitrary cutoffs are drawn where diagnostic characteristics are lost by facies change. The Mallow Member coarsens upward and also becomes finer grained toward the southwest. Cutoffs of the base of the Mallow Member are drawn between Alleghany and White Sulphur Springs. All sandstone in the Mallow, Briery Gap, Blizzard, and Pound Members is lost southwest of White Sulphur Springs resulting in an arbitrary cutoff of the base of the Foreknobs, which jumps up to the base of the Red Lick Member near Gap Mills. The Red Lick then loses all of its sandstone between Gap Mills and Bluefield.