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  • Usage in publication:
    • New Shoreham Drift
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sand
    • Gravel
    • Till
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Sirkin, Les, 1976, Block Island, Rhode Island; evidence of fluctuation of the late Pleistocene ice margin: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 87, no. 4, p. 574-580.


Summary:

New Shoreham Drift named in this report. Consists of cross-bedded sand and gravel outwash overlain by till. Total thickness is 20 m. Morainal topography and drumlin field; derived from glacial lobe that crossed CT region. Unconformably overlies Montauk Drift and interstadial alluvium deposits. Correlates with Roslyn Till on Long Island. Age is late Wisconsinan (+/-23,000 yrs).

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • New Shoreham Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Sirkin, Les, 1982, Wisconsinan glaciation of Long Island, New York, to Block Island, Rhode Island, IN Larson, G.J., and Stone, B.D., eds., Late Wisconsinan glaciation of New England; symposium proceedings: Dubuque, IA, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., Philadelphia, PA, March 13, 1980, p. 35-59.


Summary:

New Shoreham Drift revised to Formation. Subdivided into lower Isaacs Corner Sand member and upper Old Town Till member [both informal]. Isaacs Corner consists of 16.7 m of outwash. Old Town consists of 3.4 m of till. Age is Woodfordian.

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


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