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Bulletin 81 

 PALEONTOLOGY 11 



GEOLOGY 



OF THE 



WATKINS AND ELMIRA QUADRANGLES 



ACCOMFANIKD BY A GEOLOGIC ISdAF* 



JOHN M. CLARKE State Geologist and Paleontologist 



AND 



D. DANA LUTHER Field Assistant 



PAGE 



Introduction 3 



Succession of strata. . .'. : 4 



Genesee shale 4 



Genundewa limestone 5 



West River shale 5 



Cashaqua shale 7 



Parrish limestone lo 



Rhinestreet shale 1 1 



PAGB 



Hatch shale and flags 12 



Grimes sandstone 14 



West Hill flags and shale 15 



High Point sandstone 16 



Prattsburg shale 18 



Chemung sandstones 20 



Undulations 25 



Index , 27 





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