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  • Usage in publication:
    • Napanee Limestone*
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  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Frey, R.C., 1995, Middle and Upper Ordovician nautiloid cephalopods of the Cincinnati arch region of Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio, IN Pojeta, John, Jr., ed., Contributions to the Ordovician paleontology of Kentucky and nearby states: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1066-P, p. P1-P126.


Summary:

Napanee Limestone. According to Ross and others (1982), Watertown, Selby, and Napanee Limestones of central New York correlate with Tyrone Limestone of north-central Tennessee.

Source: Modified from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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