Usage:
Germania Formation of Conneaut Group (NY,PA)
Germania Formation of Chadakoin Group (NY)
Germania Member of Chadakoin Formation (NY)
Geologic age:
Late Devonian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type outcrop: on south flank of Marshfield anticline, near Germania, Potter Co., north-central PA. Can be traced over most of Wellsville quadrangle, Allegany Co., NY (Woodruff, 1942).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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