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Geologic Unit: Salona

Usage:

Salona Formation of Trenton Group (PA*)
Salona Limestone of Trenton Group (PA)
Salona Formation (PA,VA,WV)


Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all in PA: New Enterprise Member, Roaring Spring Member.


Geologic age:

Late Ordovician (Mohawkian)*


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

Exposures at Salona, Clinton Co., PA (Field, 1919).


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 ([ ]).