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  • Usage in publication:
    • Clark Reservation limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Smith, Burnett, 1929, Influence of erosion intervals of the Manlius-Helderberg series of Onondaga County, New York: New York State Museum Bulletin, no. 281, p. 25-36.


Summary:

Pg. 26, 27, 30-35. Clark Reservation limestone. Compact blue limestone, usually sharply separated from overlying Jamesville limestone and underlying Elmwood beds, all included in Manlius group. Undoubtedly included in Vanuxem's Manlius. Some authors have included this limestone and overlying Jamesville limestone in Helderbergian. Thickness 0 to 3 feet 8 inches. Age is Silurian(?) [see 1935 entry under Manlius Limestone].
Named from Clark Reservation State Park, slightly over 1 mi west of Jamesville, Onondaga Co., central NY. Type section: in cliff south of lake which is included in the park.

Source: US geologic names lexicons (USGS Bull. 896, p. 453; USGS Bull. 1200, p. 2356-2357).


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