- Usage in publication:
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- East Shoreham Member
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Dolostone
- Sandstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- New England province
Summary:
East Shoreham Member, middle member of Cutting Hill Formation [Cutting Formation of Cady (1945) redefined and renamed] of Bascom subgroup [informal] of Beekmantown Group. Includes "members 2, 3, and 4 of Division C" of Brainerd and Seely (1890). Consists primarily of dolostone with scattered sandstone layers. Thickness (derived from original description of Brainerd and Seely) is 290 feet (88 m). It is roughly equivalent to the upper Fort Edward Member (New York) of Fisher and Mazzullo (1976). Overlies Winchell Creek Member and underlies Smith Basin Member. Age is Early Ordovician.
Named from cemetery on Cutting Hill.
Source: Modified from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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