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  • Usage in publication:
    • Mettawee slate facies*
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Zen, E-an, 1961, Stratigraphy and structure at the north end of the Taconic Range in west-central Vermont: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 72, no. 2, p. 293-338.


Summary:

Mettawee slate facies in Bull Formation. Mettawee slate reduced to informal status in west-central Vermont. [Mettawee slate is preferred usage in New York.]

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Mettawee Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Zen, E-an (editor), Goldsmith, Richard (compiler), Ratcliffe, N.M. (compiler), Robinson, Peter (compiler), Stanley, R.S. (compiler), Hatch, N.L., Jr., Shride, A.F., Weed, E.G.A., and Wones, D.R., 1983, Bedrock geologic map of Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey [State Geologic Map], 3 sheets, scale 1:250,000


Summary:

In adjacent parts of east-central NY and southwest VT, used as Mettawee Member of the Nassau Formation. [No explanation given for change in affiliation or for age change to Proterozoic Z and Early Cambrian.]

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Mettawee Formation*
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
    • Age modified
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Thompson, J.B., Jr., 1990, An introduction to the geology and Paleozoic history of the Glens Falls 1 degree x 2 degrees quadrangle, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire, IN Slack, J.F., ed., Summary results of the Glens Falls CUSMAP project, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1887-A, p. A1-A13.


Summary:

Used as Mettawee Formation of Cambrian age [no explanation given as to why age and rank differ from previous usages]. Occurs in Taconic allochthon sequence in Glens Falls quad. Overlies Cambrian Bull Formation; underlies Cambrian West Castleton Formation.

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


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