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Geologic Unit: Brewer Dock

Usage:

Brewer Dock Limestone of Clinton Group (NY)
Brewer Dock Member of Reynales Limestone of Clinton Group (NY)


Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all in NY: Budd Road Bed, Seneca Park Bed.


Geologic age:

early Silurian (Llandovery)


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Typically exposed in Genesee Gorge near Brewer Dock, vicinity of Rochester, Monroe Co., western central NY (Alling and Hoffmeister, 1932).


AAPG geologic province:

Appalachian basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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