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Publication:

Ganis, G.R., and Hopkins, David, 1990, The West York block; stratigraphic and structural setting, IN Carbonates, schists, and geomorphology in the vicinity of the lower reaches of the Susquehanna River; Guidebook for the 55th annual field conference of Pennsylvania geologists: Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists, no. 55, p. 123-135.


Summary:

Kinzers Formation in the West York block of the Conestoga Valley, York Co., PA, is here subdivided into the basal Emigsville Member (Gohn, 1976), the York Member (new name), and the Greenmount Member (new name). Emigsville is the most laterally persistent. Thickness in the report area is approximately 100 to 200 ft.

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


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