- Usage in publication:
-
- Harris Hill Bed
- Modifications:
-
- Named
- Dominant lithology:
-
- Shale
- AAPG geologic province:
-
- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Vernon Formation of Salina Group contains at least four Eurypterid-bearing black shale horizons in western NY here described as lowermost(?) Harris Hill Bed (new name) at East Penfield, and Monroeav (new name), Pittsford (revised), and Barge Canal (new name) Beds at Pittsford, NY. Harris Hill Bed, introduced by Ciurca in an abstract (1985: Rochester Acad. Sci. Proc. (1986)), appears to be unrelated to any of the three beds described at Pittsford. Harris Hill is the thinnest of the black shale beds at 0.3 m and is probably stratigraphically lower than the Monroeav Bed at Pittsford.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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 ([ ]).