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Table 2 



Geologic columns for New York State 

 Showing extent of most important Paleozoic formations along their strike from west to east 



System 



Western 



West 

 Central 



Central 



East 

 Central 



Eastern 



Pennsyl- 

 vanian 



( Lower) 



Sharon sh. 



• 



• 



* 





Olean cgl. 





-sir 



Knapp beds 



• 



• 



• 





ill 



Oswayo beds 



• 



a«d 



Cattaraugus beds 







Chemung beds 



— >" 



— y 



— > 



Catskill beds 



1 



Portage beds (Naples 

 fauna) 



~* 



(Naples-Itha- 

 ca fauna) 



^~ 



Portage beds (Ithaca 

 fauna) 



Genesee beds 



— > 



— V 



• 







Tully horizon 



— ► 



— ► 



— > 







H 



amilton beds 



_^ 



_► 



-<— 







Moscow sh. 



Hamilton beds 



a 



Ludlowville sh. 



— ► 



— ► 



g 3 



1 a 



> 



Skaneateles sh. 



— ► 



— ► 



— ► 





Marcellus black sh. 



— > 



— V 



—> 



Marcellus black sh. 







Onondaga 1. s. 



— ► 



— ► 



— ► 



Onondaga l.s. 





• 



' 



• 



«— 



Schoharie grit 





«— 



Esopus grit 





• 



* 



Oriskany s.s. 



— ► 



Glenerie l.s. 





• 



• 



• 



• 



Port Ewen l.s. 



! 



«— 



Alsen l.s. 



«— 



Becraft l.s. 



4— 



New Scotland l.s. 





-<— 



Kalkberg l.s. 









+~ 



*~ 



Coeymans limestone 

 (Upper Manlius or 

 Keyser) 



Note: — An asterisk (*) indicates that the unit is absent from outcrops in the region 

 represented by the column in which it stands. The arrows ( — y) indicate the continua- 

 tion of the units east or west. Sh., shale; ss., sandstone; cgl., conglomerate; l.s., limestone; 

 w.l., waterlime; dol., dolomite; qtze., quartzite. 



