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Geologic Unit: Cambridge

Usage:

Cambridge Argillite of Boston Bay Group (MA*)
[?] Cambridge Slate of Boston Bay Group (MA)


Subunits:

Tufts Quartzite Member (MA).


Geologic age:

Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian(?)*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Best seen at Cambridge, eastern MA (Shaler, 1871).


AAPG geologic province:

New England province*


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).