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Geologic Unit: Glenmark

Usage:

Glenmark Formation of Clinton Group (NY)
Glenmark Shale of Clinton Group (NY)
Glenmark Bed of Decew Formation (NY)


Geologic age:

early Silurian (Wenlock)


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type locality: exposures at Glenmark Falls on Sodus Creek near Sodus, Sodus Bay 7.5-min quadrangle, Wayne Co., NY (Brett, 1983).


AAPG geologic province:

Appalachian basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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