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  • Usage in publication:
    • Harbor Hill Drift*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Drift
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Atlantic Coast basin
Publication:

Swarzenski, W.V., 1963, Hydrogeology of northwestern Nassau and northeastern Queens Counties, Long Island, New York: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper, 1657, 90 p.


Summary:

Name Harbor Hill drift adopted for till and associated outwash from Harbor Hill moraine, near Roslyn, Long Island. Age is Wisconsinan.

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


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