Usage:
Ravena Member of Coeymans Limestone of Helderberg Group (NY*)
Ravena Limestone Member of Coeymans Formation of Helderberg Group (NY)
Geologic age:
Early Devonian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: abandoned limestone quarry just south of hairpin turn in road ascending escarpment 0.5 mi northeast of village of Ravena, just west of Coeymans in Coxsackie quadrangle, east-central NY (Rickard, 1962).
Reference section: in southeastern most New York in three abandoned quarries on northwest side of Lime Kiln Road, on southeast slope of Trilobite Mountain, Port Jervis, NY (Epstein and others, 1967).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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