Salina period

Salina period
Salina period Sa*li"na pe"ri*od [So called from Salina, a town in New York.] (Geol.) The period in which the American Upper Silurian system, containing the brine-producing rocks of central New York, was formed. See the Chart of {Geology}. [1913 Webster]

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