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Geologic Unit: Manhattan

Usage:

Manhattan Schist (CT*,NJ*,NY*)
Manhattan Formation of New York City Group (CT,NY)


Geologic age:

Cambrian, Early*
Ordovician


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

Named from exposures on Manhattan Island, NY (Merrill, 1890).


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 ([ ]).