Usage:
Clinton Granite Gniess (CT)
Clinton Granitic Gneiss (CT)
Clinton Granitic Gneiss of /Sterling Plutonic Group (CT)
[A group name combines a geographic name with the term "group," and no lithic designation is included (ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021).]
Geologic age:
Precambrian
Cambrian
Ordovician
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from town of Clinton, Middlesex Co., south-central CT (Rodgers and others, 1956).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province
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 ([ ]).