Usage:
Renwick Member of Ithaca Formation (NY)
Renwick Shale Member of Genesee Formation (NY*,PA*,MD*,WV*)
Geologic age:
Late Devonian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated by Caster (1933). Reference section: In Renwick Brook on east side of Cayuga Lake, 0.3 mi north of Ithaca, Tompkins Co., NY (de Witt and Colton, 1959).
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 ([ ]).