'Salina period' definitions:

Definition of 'Salina period'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]