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  • Usage in publication:
    • Arlington gravel member*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sand
    • Gravel
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Puget Sound province
Publication:

Newcomb, R.C., 1952, Ground-water resources of Snohomish County, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper, 1135, 133 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:62,500)


Summary:

Named as Arlington gravel member of Vashon drift in area (T31-32N R5-6E) of western Snohomish Co, WA in eastern part of Puget Lowland. Composed of an outwash deposit of sand and gravel forming thin veneer over a terrace cut mainly in the earlier Stillaguamish sand member (new) of Vashon drift. Underlies Marysville sand member (new) of Vashon drift. Map legend shows age as Pleistocene.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).


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