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- Delphi Station [member?]
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- Original reference
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Pg. 180. Delphi Station [member of Skaneateles formation?]. Proposed to replace †Delphi shale of Cooper, 1930 (not Brown, 1883, or Gould, 1902).
Type section: Knights Falls, [1 mi east of Delphi]. Named from Delphi Station, Cazenovia quadrangle, central NY, which is about 1.5 mi northwest of Knights Falls.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1084).
- Usage in publication:
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- Delphi Station shale and sandstone
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- Overview
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Chart 4. Correlation chart shows Delphi Station shale and sandstone below Pompey shale and sandstone and above Mottville sandstone and limestone. [Age is] Middle Devonian.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1084).
- Usage in publication:
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- Delphi Station member
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- Revised?
- Described
- Dominant lithology:
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- Shale
- Mudstone
- Sandstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Pg. 10, 11 [section by G.A. Cooper]. Basal member of [Skaneateles] formation. Dark shale grading upward into sandy mudstone and calcareous sandstone. Thickness 80 feet.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1084).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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