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Geologic Units: Marshfield Center
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Marshfield Center Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Silt
    • Clay
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Kaye, C.A., 1983, The autochthonous and allochthonous coastal plain deposits of Martha's Vineyard and the Marshfield-Scituate area, southeastern Massachusetts: Atlantic Coastal Plain Geological Association Field Trip Guidebook, Martha's Vineyard, MA, October 1-2, 1983, 34 p.


Summary:

Allochthonous, glacially dislocated masses in the Marshfield Hills moraine are here named the Marshfield Center Formation for outcrops there and at Third Cliff, Scituate, MA. It consists of gray, compact, micaceous, slightly glauconitic, horizontally bedded silt and clay. Overlies older granite; is thrust into Pleistocene moraine. Thickness is up to 14 m. Age is Miocene, probably no younger than middle Miocene, based on pollen and spores.

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


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