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Feltville Formation
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The Feltville Formation is a mapped bedrock unit primarily in New Jersey, with one known outlier in Pennsylvania and another one in New York. It is named for the Deserted Village of Feltville in Watchung Reservation, New Jersey, which is near where its type section was described by paleontologist Paul E. Olsen.[1]
Quick Facts Type, Unit of ...
Feltville Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Hettangian ~199–196 Ma | |
![]() Exposure of Feltville Formation sandstone beneath a ledge of Preakness Basalt on Preakness Mountain in New Jersey. | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Newark Supergroup Meriden Group |
Underlies | Preakness Basalt |
Overlies | Orange Mountain Basalt |
Thickness | maximum of 1,968 feet (600 m)[1] |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone, siltstone, mudstone |
Other | Limestone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 40.8°N 74.3°W / 40.8; -74.3 |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 21.4°N 20.7°W / 21.4; -20.7 |
Region | Newark Basin of Eastern North America Rift Basins |
Extent | continuous for ~40 miles (64 km) in New Jersey, with outliers present in New Jersey, New York & Pennsylvania |
Type section | |
Named for | Deserted Village of Feltville, New Jersey[1] |
Named by | Paul E. Olsen[1] |
Year defined | 1980 |
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