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Geologic Unit: Dry Way
  • Usage in publication:
    • Dry Way Volcanics
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

GNU Staff, 1993, GNU Staff remark by E.D. Koozmin. Dry Way Volcanics.: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series, DDS-6, 1 CD-ROM., release 3


Summary:

Dwight Bradley (USGS, oral commun., 6/30/93) says that the unit spelled called Dry Wall Volcanics on ME State Geologic Map (Osberg and others, 1985) is misspelled and is actually Dry Way Volcanics.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Dry Way Volcanics
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Hanson, L.S., Bradley, D.C., and Caldwell, D.W., 1993, Geology and geomorphology of the Acadian Orogen, central Maine, IN Cheney, J.T., and Hepburn, J.C., eds., Field trip guidebook for the northeastern United States; 1993 Boston GSA; Volume 2: University of Massachusetts, Department of Geosciences Contribution, Joint annual meeting of Geological Society of America, and New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, 85th, Boston, MA, October 25-28, 1993, no. 67, p. CC1-CC27.


Summary:

Because a formal naming paper has not been published [and Bradley is a USGS co-author], used as Dry Way Volcanics of Griscom (1976) for this report. Consists of basalt in pillows and massive flows. Griscom (1976) estimated stratigraphic thickness as greater than 1.5 km. Basal clastic unit of Ripogenus Formation unconformably overlies Dry Way. Age of Dry Way is Ordovician (Ashgillian).

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


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