Trenton Gravel

Gray or pale-reddish-brown, very gravelly sand interstratified with crossbedded sand and clay-silt beds; includes areas of Holocene alluvium and swamp deposits.
State Pennsylvania
Name Trenton Gravel
Geologic age Quaternary
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay (Alluvial)clay-silt beds
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand (Alluvial)Gray or pale-reddish-brown, very gravelly sand interstratified with crossbedded sand
Minor
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Silt (Alluvial)clay-silt beds
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravel (Alluvial)Gray or pale-reddish-brown, very gravelly sand interstratified with crossbedded sand
References

Berg, T.M., Edmunds, W.E., Geyer, A.R., and others, compilers, 1980, Geologic map of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser., Map 1, 2nd ed., 3 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Miles, C.E., and Whitfield, T.G., compilers, 2001, Bedrock Geology of Pennsylvania, edition: 1.0, digital map, scale 1:250,000.

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Counties Bucks - Delaware - Philadelphia