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The Devonian of New York. Devonian or Newyorkian? The International Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy visits New York State. Devonian – the Age of Fish. Trouble in Paradise. K-bentonites (volcanic ashes) in the Helderberg Group. Here we go! No, forget it.
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Devonian or Newyorkian?The International Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy visits New York State
Trouble in Paradise K-bentonites (volcanic ashes) in the Helderberg Group
Here we go! No, forget it. • Helderberg Group cut by major unconformity • Overlain by Oriskany Sandstone • Quartz arenite • Oriskany is overlain by Tristates Group • Shale, siltstone, thin volcanic ashes • Tristates is succeeded by Onondaga Limestone • Return to Paradise - Reefs
The Catskill Clastic Wedge The Catskill Front
Offshore in the Clastic Wedge:Shale with storm-deposited sand/silt beds
A Parade of Evidence • Volcanic Ashes • Granitic Intrusions • Regional Metamorphism – New England • Folding • Faulting • Catskill Clastic Wedge
Acadian Orogeny • Collision between Laurentia (North America) and • Avalon = parts of northern Europe and U.K. • Peri-Gondwanan terranes • Closure of the northern part of Iapetus