Age of the Brookville Gneiss and associated rocks, southeastern New Brunswick: Discussion
The following discussion on the paper by Olszewski and Gaudette is concerned with the stratigraphic nomenclature used by the authors and as such is not a criticism of the main content of their paper. Since their paper might give the impression that new formal stratigraphic divisions of the Green Head Group have been established, I wish to emphasize that this is not the case. Wardle (1978), in an unpublished Ph.D. thesis, divided the Green Head Group into four formations, whereas Hamilton (1965) had previously recognized only two. Currie et al. (1981) claimed these divisions are unmappable. Regardless of whether or not this is the case, according to Article 13c of the Code of Stratigraphic Nomenclature (American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature 1961), theses have no status in stratigraphic literature. Therefore, in Fig. 1 of Olszewski and Gaudette, Wardle's (1978) geographic designations should not have been accompanied by the word "Formation" since they have not been published in a recognized journal (Article log). According to Article l l c of the Code, geographic names should not be duplicated; it is the responsibility of the author to check for previous usage (Article 13Q. Wardle (1978) referred to one of his divisions of the