Geologic Unit: Pekin

Usage:

Pekin Member of Gasport Dolomite (NY*)

Geologic age:

early Silurian (Wenlock)*

Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Roadcut on Route 429 at the overpass of Upper Mountain Road, village of Pekin, Ransomville quadrangle, Niagara Co., NY (Brett and others, 1995).

AAPG geologic province:

Appalachian basin*