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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Salina period

/səl-ēn'-ə pĭr'-ē-əd/ · Sa·li·na pe·ri·od · IPA
01 The period in which the American Upper Silurian system, containing the brine-producing rocks of central New York, was formed. See the Chart…
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    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.(Geol.) See: Geology