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Geologic Unit: Feltville

Usage:

Feltville Formation of Brunswick Group of Newark Supergroup (NJ*)
Feltville Formation of Newark Supergroup (NJ)


Subunits:

informal Washington Valley member


Geologic age:

Jurassic, Early*
Hettangian*


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

Type section: exposure along ravine at Blue Brook, 1 km south of the dam at Lake Surprise, village of Feltville, Watchung Reservation, Union Co., NJ (Olsen, 1980).


AAPG geologic province:

Piedmont-Blue Ridge province*
Newark basin*


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 ([ ]).