Usage:
Medina Group (NY*,OH,PA,WV)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in NY: Balls Falls Formation, Cambria Shale*, Devils Hole Sandstone*, Grimsby Formation*, Jolley Cut Formation, Kodak Sandstone*, Power Glen Shale*, Thorold Sandstone*, Whirlpool Sandstone*.
Geologic age:
early Silurian (Llandovery)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures in vicinity of Medina, Orleans Co., NY (US geologic names lexicon, USGS Bull. 1200).
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 ([ ]).