Usage:
Truthville Member of Nassau Formation (NY-recognized locally in type area)
Geologic age:
Early Cambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: along Mettawee River near Truthville, Washington Co., eastern NY (Rowley and others, 1979; name credited to L.D. Jacobi [L.L. Delano], 1977, SUNY-Albany MS thesis).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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