Oella Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Late Proterozoic or early Cambrian | |
![]() Outcrop of Oella Formation located on hillside east of Governor Martin Court, Ellicott City | |
Type | Metamorphic |
Unit of | Wissahickon Group |
Sub-units | Sweathouse Amphibolite Member |
Overlies | Loch Raven Schist |
Lithology | |
Primary | Schist and gneiss |
Other | Amphibolite |
Location | |
Region | Piedmont of Maryland |
Country | United States |
Extent | Howard and Baltimore Counties |
Type section | |
Named for | Oella, Maryland |
Named by | Willam P. Crowley, Juergen Reinhardt, and Emery T. Cleaves [1] |
Year defined | 1976 |
The Oella Formation is a Late Proterozoic or early Cambrian schist in Howard and Baltimore Counties, Maryland. It is described as "Medium-grained biotite-plagioclase-muscovite-quartz schist, locally garnetiferous, interlayered on a centimeter to decimeter scale with fine-grained biotite-plagioclase-quartz gneiss, commonly bearing muscovite but less commonly garnet." [2]
The type locality is along the Patapsco River at Oella, southwest Baltimore County. [1]