Unit Name: Potsdam Group
Unit Type: Lithostratigraphic
Rank: Group
Status: Formal
Usage: Currently in use
Age Interval: Late Cambrian (499 - 488.3 ma)
Province/Territory: Ontario; Quebec; New York

Originator: Globensky et al., 1993

Type Locality:
Type Locality: Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., NY (Emmons, 1838).

Remark:
GeoLex entry: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/NewUnits/unit_3388.html

Other Citations:
Emmons, E., 1838, NY Geol. Surv., 2nd Rept., p. 214-217, 230; Globensky, Y., et.al., 1993, QMER DV 91-23, p. 202 [formally described].

References:
Globensky, Y., et.al., 1993. Lexique stratigraphique Canadien, vol. V-B, Région des Appalaches, des Basses Terres Saint Laurent et des Iles des Madeleine, Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources du Québec, DV 91-23.

Source: GSC file of geological names; T.E. Bolton and J. Dougherty (compiler)
Contributor: A.A. Coyne
Entry Reviewed: No
Name Set: Lithostratigraphic Lexicon
LastChange: 09 Dec 2009