- Usage in publication:
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- Columbus bed
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Sand
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Atlantic Coast basin
Summary:
Columbus bed defined as sand underlying Marshalltown bed and overlying Woodbury bed. All included in Clay marl series [Matawan group].
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
- Usage in publication:
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- Columbus sand
- Modifications:
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- Revised
- Overview
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Atlantic Coast basin
Summary:
Columbus sand described as white or yellow quartz sand marked by delicate lines of red. Thickness 20 to 100 ft. Overlies Woodbury clay and underlies Marshalltown clay marl.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
- Usage in publication:
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- Columbus sandâ€
- Modifications:
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- Abandoned
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Atlantic Coast basin
Kummel, H.B., 1907, [footnote]: New Jersey Geological Survey Report on Paleontology, v. 4, p. 17.
Summary:
The term Columbus as here used has been found to conflict with its prior use in Ohio for a Devonian formation and in this report the term Englishtown sand will be used instead, as the formation is well developed near that place in Monmouth Co., NJ.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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