Usage:
New Haven Arkose of Newark Supergroup (CT*,MA*)
Geologic age:
Triassic, Late*
Carnian, late*
Norian*
Jurassic, Early*
Hettangian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Several designated to show facies variations, all in New Haven Co., CT: (1) west slope of West Rock Ridge; (2) north end of Whitney Ave., Hamden; (3) Hartford Turnpike next to New Haven Country Club; (4) quarries of Fair Haven; (5) Roaring Brook; (6) Hanover Pond south of Meriden (Krynine, 1950).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province*
Hartford basin*
Pomperaug 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 ([ ]).