State | Connecticut |
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Name | New Haven Arkose plus Buttress Dolerite |
Geologic age | Upper Triassic; possibly Lower Jurassic at top plus Middle? Jurassic |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone > ArkoseNew Haven Arkose - Red, pink, and gray coarse-grained, locally conglomeratic, poorly sorted and indurated arkose.
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basalt (Diabase)Buttress Dolerite (Middle? Jurassic) - Dark-gray to greenish-gray (weathers brown or gray), medium- to fine-grained, commonly porphyritic, generally massive with well-developed columnar jointing, grading from basalt near contacts to fine-grained gabbro in the interior, composed of plagioclase and pyroxene with accessory opaques and locally devitrified glass, quartz, or olivine.
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > SandstoneNew Haven Arkose - fine-grained feldspathic clayey sandstone.
Sedimentary > Clastic > SiltstoneNew Haven Arkose - locally shaly siltstone
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Comments | Part of Central Lowlands; Newark Terrane - Hartford and Pomperaug Mesozoic Basins; Units are described seperately on printed map; combined in digital map. |
References | Rodgers, John, compiler, 1985, Bedrock Geological Map of Connecticut: Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey, Hartford, Connecticut, 2 sheets, scale 1:125,000. |
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Counties | New Haven |