- Usage in publication:
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- Bell Brook Formation
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Conglomerate
- Siltstone
- Slate
- AAPG geologic province:
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- New England province
Summary:
Pg. 28-33, pl. 1. Bell Brook Formation. Consists of an older conglomerate member about 5,000 feet thick and a younger member about 6,000 feet thick that consists of olive-green siltstone and slate. May overlie Meduxnekeag Formation. Age is Silurian(?) and Devonian(?).
[Type locality]: Bell Brook in central part of T.C., R. 2, Bridgewater quadrangle, northern ME.
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