Usage:
Stony Hollow Member of Marcellus Formation (NY*)
Stony Hollow Member of Marcellus Shale (PA*)
Geologic age:
Middle Devonian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: at bend of NY Highway 28, and along railroad opposite bend at entrance to valley leading up to settlement of Stony Hollow, 1.75 to 2 mi northwest of bridge over Esopus Creek on west side of Kingston, Ulster Co., [NY]. Also present along U.S. Highway 209, near Echo Lake, Monroe Co., PA (Cooper, 1941).
[See also G.A. Cooper, IN Goldring, Winifred, 1943, New York State Mus. Bull., no. 332, p. 247-248. Available online from the New York State Library Digital Collections: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/index.html (Type "332" in search field).]
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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