- Usage in publication:
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- Mannetto gravel*
- Modifications:
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- First used
- Dominant lithology:
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- Gravel
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Atlantic Coast basin
Summary:
Proposal of name Mannetto gravel credited to A.C. Veatch (in press). Consists of 500 ft of gravel composed of quartzose and weathered granitic pebbles. Unconformably underlies Jameco gravel and unconformably overlies Cretaceous clay.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
- Usage in publication:
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- Mannetto gravel*
- Modifications:
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- Named
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Atlantic Coast basin
Summary:
Mannetto gravel (new name) is composed mostly of quartz gravel, but contains some very decayed pebbles and boulders of probable glacial origin. Classified as a glacial deposit unconformably underlying Jameco gravel.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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