State | New Jersey |
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Name | Wildwood Member of the Kirkwood Formation |
Geologic age | middle and lower Miocene, Langhian and Burdigalian |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Bed)Sand interbedded with thin beds of light-colored sand, contains small shell fragments primarily at base; upper beds are more sandy than lower beds; the sand is fine to medium grained, light gray, and commonly has dispersed wood fragments. Shell fragments are locally present in this facies. Basal beds are micaceous, locally diatomaceous, and contain wood fragments. Quartz is the major sand constituent with minor amounts of siliceous rock fragments and feldspar.
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay (Bed)Clay, silty, massive to finely bedded, dark-gray to olive-gray, locally interbedded with thin beds of light-colored sand. Contains small shell fragments primarily at base. Upper beds are more sandy than lower beds but also contain many thin to thick beds of clay.
Minor
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Silt (Bed)
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Comments | part of the Kirkwood Formation (described seperately, but not mapped): Kirkwood Formation (middle and lower Miocene, Serravallian to Aquitanian) - Consists of the Wildwood Member and an informal lower member on the central sheet and the Belleplain Member, Wildwood Member, Shiloh Marl Member, and lower member on the southern sheet. The Belleplain Member is a new member named for beds occurring in a corehole drilled by the U.S. Geological Survey at Belleplain State Forest Headquarters, Cape May County. The Wildwood Member is a new member named for beds occurring in a drillhole at Wildwood Beach, Cape May County. |
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.Owens, James P., Sugarman, Peter J., Sohl, Norman F., Parker, Ronald A., Houghton, Hugh F., Volkert, Richard A., Drake, Avery A., Jr., and Orndorff, Randall C., 1998, Bedrock Geologic Map of Central and Southern New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2540-B, 8 cross sections, 4 sheets, each size 58x41, scale 1:100,000.https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i2540B Andrews, G.W., 1988, A revised marine diatom zonation for Miocene strata of the Southeastern United States: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1481, 29 p.https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1481 |
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Counties | Cumberland - Ocean |