Usage:
Aquetuck Member of Schoharie Formation (NY)
/Aquetuck Shale and Limestone of Tristates Group (NY)
[Combined terms, such as "sand and clay," shall not be used for the lithologic part of the names of sedimentary units of formation rank (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021).]
Geologic age:
Early Devonian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality not designated. Town of Aquetuck is in Albany Co., east-central NY.
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).