Usage:
Schodack Formation (NY*,VT*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Bomoseen Grit Member (VT), Claverack Conglomerate Member (NY), Diamond Rock Quartzite Member (NY), Troy Member (NY), Zion Hill Quartzite Member (NY,VT).
Geologic age:
Early Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures 2 mi south of Schodack Landing, NY (Ruedemann, 1914).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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