The Marcellus Shale Formation Information Site

Publication Type:

Web Article

Authors:

Hart,Nolan

Source:

The Marcellus Shale Formation Information Site (2008)

URL:

http://www.marcellusshaleformation.com/

Keywords:

background

Notes:

Nolan Hart. (2008). Includes photos, maps, illustrations.

Named for the town of Marcellus New York, where the shale reaches the surface, it is a Devonian age (roughly 390 million years old) member of a geological structure known as the Hamilton group. It formed when Devonian age seas...covered much of North America.