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  • Usage in publication:
    • Hull Cove Member
  • Modifications:
    • Principal reference
    • Biostratigraphic dating
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Phyllite
    • Siltstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Skehan, J.W., and Rast, Nicholas, 1990, Pre-Mesozoic evolution of Avalon terranes of southern New England, IN Socci, A.D., Skehan, J.W., and Smith, G.W., eds., Geology of the composite Avalon terrane of southern New England: Geological Society of America Special Paper, 245, p. 13-53.


Summary:

Hull Cove Member of Jamestown Formation of Conanicut Group (new). Consists mainly of cyclically-bedded green and gray phyllite with white siltstone lenses and beds. Underlies Short Point Member of Fort Burnside Formation. Contains trilobite fragments and minor ichnofossils. Thickness not stated. Age is Middle Cambrian, based on fossils.
Type locality: Hull Cove, Conanicut Island, southern Narragansett Bay, southeastern RI.
See also Skehan and others (1981), Skehan and others (1987).

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


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