Usage:
Great Meadows Formation of Beekmantown Group (NY)
Great Meadows Formation (NY,VT)
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Fort Ann Limestone Member (NY), Fort Edward Dolomite Member (NY,VT), Kingsbury Limestone Member (NY), Smith Basin Limestone Member (NY,VT), Vly Summit Member (NY), Winchell Creek Siltstone Member (NY).
Geologic age:
Early Ordovician
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: east of Smith Basin where pastures to the north of the road display entire section. Named from Great Meadows Prison at Comstock, Fort Ann 7.5-min quadrangle, east-central NY (Flower, 1964).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province
Appalachian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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