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SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton NEW YORK STATE GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION GUIDEBOOK FOR ITIEllD liRIPS IN SOUliH-CENTRAL NEW YORK Taghannuc (nils, Tompkins county. From a sketch by Mr�. HALL. 53rd Annual Meeting State University of New York at Binghamton 18-20 September 1981 NEW YORK STATE tiOLOGICAL Jl.miATIGI 53Ro Jll'lNLIAL rffTING 18-20 SEPifl'v1?ER 1981 GUIJlllOO( FOR FIELD TRIPS IN SOiffiHOORAL NEW YORK PAUL ENOS, EDITOR STATE_ UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON Published by the New York State Geological Association. Guidebook available from the executive secretary: Manfred P. Wolff, Department of Geology, Hofstra University , Hempstead, New York , 11550. l ' r , I I l DEDICAT ION GLENN G. BARTLE (1899-1977) When Binghamton last hosted the N.Y.S.G.A. meetings in May of 1963, an unusual feature of our campus was that we had a geologist as president, Glenn Bartle. Since that time, other institutions (such as Cornell) have discovered the val ue of such a choice. Our campus probably is one of the few in the world that can claim to have been almost single-handedly built by a geologist, the same Glenn Bartle, deceased in September of 1977. In 1946 , Glenn took a job as dean of the two-year extension of Syracuse University in Endicott, New York. When the numbers of WW II veterans subsided and Syracuse decided to close their extension, it was Glenn Bartle who prodded and cajoled local business and professional people to support the retention and expansion of the former Syracuse faci lity into a four-year college , eventually to become Harpur College, the liberal arts coll ege of the fledgling State University of New York system. Glenn masterminded (and manipulated) this coll ege from temporary barracks onto a site of his choosing and supervised building the physical plant you are now visiting. Even more importantly, he guided the recruitment of the faculty for one of the fine public 1 iberal arts col leges during the early 1960's. He also successful ly guided Harpur College towards its emergence as one of the four graduate centers of the State University of New York. This done, Glenn "retired"to his geological profession and worked avidly as petroleum geologist until his death . Glenn built wel l, in part because of affection and loyalty he inspired in his coll eagues. He was a joy to be with, and we , and · "his boys" in the Geol ogy Department at SUNY-Binghamton , have lasting and affectionate memories of him. It is to his memory that this guidebook is dedicated. L_ -----JAMES E. SORAUF----- COVER: Sketch. of Taughannock (Taghannoc) Falls, west side of Cayuga Lake, by Mrs . James Hall, to illustrate the Geology of New York, Part IV, by James Hall, 1843, p. 377. This locality will be visited the field trip 'I on "Middle and Upper Devonian shales and adjacent facies ofby south-central I ! New York." ' TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Greetings . Donald R. Coates . 1 Campus Map. 2 SATURDAY TRIPS A-1 The West Fal ls Group {Upper Devonian) Catskill Delta Complex: Stratigraphy , Environments , and Sedimentation. James R. Ehrets .........•........... 3 A-2 The Mi ddle and Upper Devonian Cl astic Wedge in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Wil liam D. Sevon. 31 A-3 Middl e and Upper Devonian Shales and Adjacent Facies of South-Central New York. Brent K. Dugal insky. 65 A-5 Paleocommunities of the Onondaga Limestone (Middle Devonian) in Central New York State . Richard H. Lindeman and Howard R. Feldman. 79 A-8 Glacial Geology of the Chenango River Between Binghamton and Norwich, New York. Donald H. Cadwel l. 97 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY {REPEATED) TRIPS A-4 & B-4 SubmaY'i ne Disconti nuH·\es and Sedimentary Condensation in the Upper Hami lton Groun {Middle Devonian) : Examination of Marine Shelf Paleoslope Deposits in the Cayuga Valley. Gordon C. Baird and Carlton E. Brett. 115 t . A·-9 & B-9 Hydrology in Relati on to Glacial Geology along the Susquehanna Ri ver Valley: Binghamton to Owego, New York. I . Al lan D. Randall. 147 l ' A-lO&B- 10 Geomorphology of South-Central New York . Donald Coates ..... ........ 171 R. SUNDAY TRIPS B-6 Bioclastic Carbonate Units in the Catskill Clastic Wedge . l�- ' Donald L. Woodrow, Paul Enos, Ri chard J. Bottjer, and Charles Minero ...... 201 B-7 Some Environmental Pr·oblems in the Bi nghamton Area. Marie Morisa,tla and Burrell Montz. 230 r B- 11 Depositional Envi ronmenta of the Oneonta Formation (Catskill t ' Facies) , Near Unadilla, New York. John S. Bridge and Lorraine E. Dingman. 255 [ FRIDAY SYMPOSIUM The Subsurface Onondaga L,imestone : Stratigraphy Facies, and Paleogeography. Don L. Kissling and Stephen 0. Moshier. • . • . • . • . • • 279 Subsurface Onondaga B i oherma1. Banks : Pa 1 eogeography , Facies, and Reservoi r Features . Don L. Kissling. • • 281 f-l v [ I t . .J ·- The Devonian Gil boa forest from the Catskil l Mountains. From R. H. Dott, R. Batten, 19 81, Evol ution of the Earth, p. 280. Redrawn by ,Jr. andEnos . L. Kevin GREETINGS Donald R. Coates President, New York State Geological Association It is with much pleasure that we once agai n host the New York State Geological Association annual field conference after an 18-year hiatus. During these ne arly two decades , much has been learned and published about the south-central New York region. This is in sharp contrast to the literature base that existed prior to 1963. In the preface to the 1963 guidebook, I commented on the scarcity of information, and this was reflected by the low number of field trips, four, for the occasion. Today , however, we are able to offer 11 trips which should whet the appetite of most geol ogi sts , wi th the exception of the unfortunate lack of local "hard rock" or structurally deformed terranes. Some of the increased geologic communications result from the location of the State University of New York at Binghamton campus in the heart of the region. Faculty and students at the University have added to the geologic information base of the surrounding area. Far from being provincial , however, 8 of the 18 field-trip leaders or co-leaders are "invaders" invited to guide you through the wonders of the region. This blend of homegrown and imported talent should provide a healthy mixture for obtai ni ng greater understanding of south-central New York. We are also pleased that two trips visit our close ne ighbor, Pennsylvania, one under the guidance of a member of the Pennsylvania Geologi cal Survey. Indeed , participants at this field conference are lucky; for the price of one admi ssion they may sample something of two states. So sit back, enjoy your bus ride and excursions through our region, and read on through this guidebook about the new frontiers that are bei ng revealed and some old favorites that are being revisited. c �--- �-- 1 SCIENCE BLDG 1 West Access "' POST OFFICE Geology Dept_) Parking Lot PROFESSIONAL N�TUIII� BUILDING Plt.... A�! � r ���!-IJER i'ARKING Enter from 434 SCIENCE (Vestal Parkway BUILtHNO Ill and Bunn Hill Rood) Drive SOUTH Enter from 434 (Vestal Parkway) (! CAMPUS MAP NORTH STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON r-�-,-----. I -- --- r THE WEST FALLS GROUP (UPPER DEVONIAN) CATSKILL DELTA COMPLEX: STRATIGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENTS, AND SEDIMENTATION JAMES R. EHRETS University of Rochester Rochester, New York I NT RODUCT ! ON Since the last meeting of the NYSGA in Binghamton (Coates , 1963), significant advances have been made in the refinement of correlation and environmental interpretation of Upper Devonian strata in south-central New York. One purpose of this article is to summarize the updated stratigraphy in this region and to review how the stratigraphy has been developed. The main theme of the article is the result of recent study in the Binghamton area (Fig. 1). By tracing thin units of dark-gray shale to the east of Binghamton, a stratigraphic framework was developed which permitted further analysis of environmental and sedimentologic rela­ tionships of the Catskill delta complex in the area. Through the demon­ stration of the dark-shal e framework and discussion of deltaic environ­ ments , a few of the interpretations are presented. The accompanying field trip is designed to illustrate a variety of deltaic environments and how they fit into the stratigraphic framework. N 1 . miles c 0 30 ' ! Lake Ontario AI11Gny - r77':"771 ·�-�--------�.��--��:·=;��-=���� - .-r8- - I r.-:::::..........---,---r---y---,- � -- Figure Study area location; inset shows included 15-minute quadrangles. 1. 3 4 STRATIGRAPHY Beginni ng about 1950, the use of dark shales for correlation in the Upper Devonian of New York has gained significant interest due to the discovery that certain units of dark shale paral lel biostratigraphic zones. This has not only aided in the solving of some of the problems involved in correlating strata characterized by numerous facies changes but it has also faci litated the study of the interrelationships of the facies themselves. At present, four major dark-shale tongues are recognized in western New York: the Geneseo black shale, which defines (i n part) the base of the Genesee Group as well as the base of the Upper Devonian; the Middlesex bl ack shale, wh ich defi nes the base of the overlying Sonyea Group; the Rhinestreet black shale, which defines the base of the next highest West Fal ls Group; and the Dunkirk black shale, the highest of the major shale tongues , which defi nes the base of the overlyi ng Canadaway Group. These tongues , as wel l as a few intervening and overlying minor tongues, extend from the Ohio black shale which lies to the west of New York State (Fig. 2). I I In a strati graphic and structural study of the Dryden and Harford I .
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