State | New Jersey |
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Name | Jutland Klippe Sequence Unit B |
Geologic age | Middle Ordovician |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Quartzite
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed)siltstone and graywacke siltstone
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
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References | Dalton, R.F., Herman, G.C., Monteverde, D.H., Pristas, R.S., Sugarman, P.J., and Volkert, R.A., 1999, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Bedrock Geology and Topographic Base Maps of New Jersey: New Jersey Geological Survey CD Series CD 00-1; ARC/INFO (v. 7.1), scale 1:100,000.Drake, Avery A. Jr.,Volkert, Richard, A., Monteverde, Donald H., Herman, Gregory C., Houghton,Hugh F., Parker, Ronald A., and Dalton, Richard F., 1996, Bedrock Geologic Map of Northern New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellanenous Investigations Map I-2540-A, 4 cross sections, 2 sheets, size 56x40; 58x41, scale 1:100.000.https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i2540A Perissoratis, Constantine, Brock, P.W.G., Bruckner, H.K., Drake, A.A., Jr., and Berry, W.B.N., 1979, The Taconides of western New Jersey; New evidence from the Jutland klippe; summary: Geological Society of America Bulletin, p. II, v. 90, no. 1, p. II154-II177.Berry, W.B.N., 1968, Ordovician peleogeography of New England and adjacent areas based on graptolites, in Zen,E-an, White, W.S., Hadley, J.B., and Thompson, J.B., Jr., eds., Studies in Appalachian Geology, northern and maritime: New York, Interscience Publishers, Chap. 2, p. 23-35.Ethington, R.L., Furnish, W.M., and Markewicz, F.J., 1958, Ordovician conodonts in New Jersey: Journal of Paleontology, v. 32, no. 4, p. 763-765.Karklins, O.L., and Repetski, J.E., 1989, Distribution of selected Ordovician conodont faunas in northern New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2066, scale 1:185,000.https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/mf2066 |
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Counties | Hunterdon - Morris - Somerset |