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Geologic Unit: Manlius

Usage:

Manlius Limestone of Helderberg Group (NJ*,NY*,PA*)


Subunits:

(alphabetical): Bishop Brook Member (NY), Clark Reservation Member (NY*), Elmwood Member (NY*), Jamesville Member (NY*), Olney Member (NY*), Pools Brook Member (NY), Thacher Member (NJ*,NY*).


Geologic age:

early Early Devonian (Lochkovian)*


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

Named from Manlius, Onondaga Co., NY (Vanuxem, 1840; see Smith, 1929).


AAPG geologic province:

Appalachian basin*


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 ([ ]).