Usage:
New Scotland Formation of Helderberg Group (NJ*,NY*,PA*,VA)
New Scotland Limestone of Helderberg Group (NJ,NY*,VA*,WV*)
New Scotland Limestone Member of Helderberg Formation (MD,PA*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Flatbrookville Member (NJ*,NY*,PA*), Kalkberg Limestone Member (NY,PA), Maskenozha Member (NJ*,NY*,PA*); Bald Hill Bentonite Beds A and B (PA,WV)
Geologic age:
Early Devonian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures at town of New Scotland, Albany Co., NY (Clarke and Schuchert, 1899).
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.
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