Oriskany Formation
| Oriskany Sandstone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Eifelian | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Bois Blanc Formation, Huntersville Chert, Needmore Shale, and Onondaga Formation |
| Overlies | Helderberg Group and Shriver Chert |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Region | Appalachian Basin of eastern North America |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Oriskany Falls, New York |
The Oriskany Sandstone is a Middle Devonian age unit of sedimentary rock found in eastern North America. The type locality of the unit is located at Oriskany Falls in New York.[1] The Oriskany Sandstone extends throughout much of the Appalachian Basin.[2][3][4]
The unit name usage by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is the Oriskany Sandstone.[5] Butts (1940) stated that the Oriskany Sandstone "corresponds exactly with the Ridgely Sandstone" and that the rules of stratigraphic nomenclature dictate that the name Oriskany Sandstone should be applied to these strata.[6]
Geographic extent
[edit | edit source]Appalachian Basin: New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky
Stratigraphic setting
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Fossils
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Interpretation of depositional environment
[edit | edit source]shallow marine
Economic resources
[edit | edit source]Oil, gas, glass sand
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Vanuxem, L., 1839, Third annual report of the geological survey of the Third District: New York Geological Survey, Annual Report 3, p. 241-285.
- ^ Ryder, R.T., Swezey, C.S., Crangle, R.D., Jr., and Trippi, M.T., 2008, Geologic cross section E-E’ through the central Appalachian Basin from the Findlay Arch, Wood County, Ohio, to the Valley and Ridge Province, Pendleton County, West Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map SIM-2985, 2 sheets with 48-page pamphlet. https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sim2985
- ^ Ryder, R.T., Crangle, R.D., Jr., Trippi, M.H., Swezey, C.S., Lentz, E.E., Rowan, E.L., and Hope, R.S., 2009, Geologic cross section D-D’ through the central Appalachian basin from the Findlay arch, Sandusky County, Ohio, to the Valley and Ridge province, Hardy County, West Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map SIM-3067, 2 sheets with 52-page pamphlet. https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sim3067
- ^ Ryder, R.T., Trippi, M.H., Swezey, C.S., Crangle, R.D., Jr., Hope, R.S., Rowan, E.L., and Lentz, E.E., 2012, Geologic cross section C-C’ through the central Appalachian basin from near the Findlay Arch, north-central Ohio, to the Valley and Ridge Province, Bedford County, south-central Pennsylvania: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map SIM-3172, 2 sheets with 70-page pamphlet. https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sim3172
- ^ See unit names marked by an asterisk at Geolex
- ^ Butts, C., 1940, Geology of the Appalachian Valley in Virginia: Virginia Geological Survey Bulletin 52, pt. 1, 568p.
Further reading
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- Devonian West Virginia
- Devonian geology of New York (state)
- Devonian Pennsylvania
- Devonian geology of Virginia
- Eifelian Stage
- Devonian southern paleotemperate deposits
- Sandstone formations of the United States
- Geologic formations of West Virginia
- Geologic formations of New York (state)
- Geologic formations of Pennsylvania
- Geologic formations of Virginia
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