Unclassified time scale for eastern North America, and correlation of formations and land intervals in the Mississippian, Appalachian valley, and 



Atlantic provinces, and their respective basins 



The same name In two or more columns indicates direct marine and faunal connection either before or after the birth of the basin under which it is listed. Different names on the same line Indicate supposed equivalence In age only. 

 Names of formations deposited in the Mississippian sea are printed in ordinary type, those laid down in Atlantic waters in italics, while names of those deposited when the Mississippian 

 and Atlantic seas were in communication by way of the St Lawrence channel are printed in small capitals, and heavy face type is used for formations deposited in Atlantic waters 

 that entered the territory of the Mississippian proviuce by way of the Cumberland basin. 



MISSISSIPPIAN 





APPALACHIAN PROVINCE 







ATLANTIC PROVINCE 





PROVINCE 





















APPALACHIAN VALLEY TROUGH 







GENERALIZED TIME SCALE FOR 



















EASTERN NORTH AMERICA 



Mississippian sea 



Chazy basin 



Levis channel 



Middle third 



LENOIR 



BASIN 



Cumberland basin 



Sknnnemunk basin 





















Knoxville trough 



Athens trough 









Carbonic 



Land 



Carbonic 



Carbonic 



Carbonic 



Carbonic 



Carbonic 



Land 



Carbonic 



Chemung 







1 



Chemung 



1 



1 



Chemung- 



1 Sknnnemunk 



Chemung 



Portage 







<2> 



Portage 



1 



1 



Portage 





Portage 



Genesee 







§ « 



1 



> ? Chattanooga 



^■Chattanooga 



1 



, Bell vale 



Genesee 



Tully 







.2 o 



-*3 OT 



}- Hamilton 



1 



> Hamilton 



Tully 



Hamilton 



^| Land 



2 2 



J 



J 



J 



J 



Mouroe 



Hamilton 



Mareellus 



S Deposits not well 

 J known 



a a 



Mareellus 



Land 



Land 



Mareellus 



J 



Mareellus 



Onondaga 



T3£ 



u ^ 



/ 



i 











Land in south 



1 



Onondaga 







£J 



\ 











Onondaga in north 



} Laud 





Schoharie 



Land 















Schoharie 



J 



Schoharie 



Decewville 





»l 







Land 



Land 



Esopus 



Esopus 



Decewville aud Esopus 



Upper Oriskany 





<E <D 







Frog mountain 



Frog mountain 



Upper Oriskany 



J- Oriskanian 



Upper Oriskany 



Land 



Land 



CD P 







Land 



Land 



Lower Oriskany 



Lower Oriskany 







i St Helens island 



CO fcJQ 

 xD <D 















Kingston 



1 



Kingston 







Land 



CO -4-^ 



c3 















Beoraft 



New Scotland 



f Helderhcrgian 



Beoraft 

 New Scotland 



Land 







j * 















Coeymans 



j 



Coeymans 



Manlius in part 







Land 



■ 











Manlius 



1 



Manlius 



Land 

 Rondout 











g c8 











1 

 } Formations at Pinto Md. 



!>?Land 



i 



Decker Ferry 

 Rondout 



Salina 



Laud 







§-"= 











J 



J 



Salina 



Guelph 



1 







a 











1 



1 



Guelph 



Lock port 

 Rochester 

 Clinton 



1 



*>Anticosti series 









c3 











(No name. Formations at 

 [ Cumberland Md. 



i 



J> Longwood 



Lockport 

 Rochester 

 Clinton 



Medina 

 Oneida 



1 

 J 



















C Tnscarora and Juniata 



J- Green Pond 



Medina 

 Oneida 



Laud 



Land 



















Land 



Land 



Land 



Richmond 



Anticosti Hudson 



















Lower Rock wood 



1 



Richmond 





river 







V 











Clinch 







Lorraine 



Land 



Land 



Land 











Bays 



Land 



Lorraine 



Frankfort 



Frankfort 



Frankfort 



Frankfort 



Land 



Land 



A 



: 



Frankfort 



TJTICA 



TJTICA 



TJTICA 



UTICA 



1 





UTICA 



Trenton 





"1 Upper Trenton 



1 



f Sevier ~| 



f Sevier 





13 







Upper Trenton 



Trenton 



} Normans kill 



S Trenton 



' 1 



\ Tellico 



, « , 



Normanskill 



Black river 





J Lower Trenton 



S <j Moccasin V 



ri "g i i 



J>» 



Lower Trenton 



Black river 



Black river 



Black river 



j 



Black river 



Lowville 

 Stones river 



Lowville 



Part of time land 



Lowville 



1 Lenoir 1 



(^Athens 



^ "" 2-§ 



i 



Lowville 



Chazy 



Levis 



Land 



J 





5g.S8 



o 



Stones river and Chazy 



beekmantown 



BEEKMANTOWN 



BEEKMANTOWN 



BEEKMANTOWN 



BEEKMANTOWN 



BEEKMANTOWN 



g -o £ > ph 



Ph 



BEEKMANTOWN 



POTSDAM 



Lower St Croix 



Laud 



Land 



POTSDAM 



Laud 



POTSDAM 



POTSDAM 



POTSDAM 



03 



,1, 



POTSDAM 



Laud 



Middle Cambric 



Middle Cambric 



Middle Cambric 



Middle Cambric 



1 



V 



Lower St Croix 



1 



GEORGIA 



GEORGIA 



GEORGIA 



GEORGIA 



1 



GEORGIA 



GEORGIA 



Land 



VERMONT 



VERMONT 



VERMONT 



VERMONT 



V 





VERMONT 



