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  • Usage in publication:
    • Northeast Carry Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
    • Siltstone
    • Slate
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Pollock, S.G., 1987, The Lower Devonian slate problem of western and northern Maine revisited: Northeastern Geology, v. 9, no. 1, p. 37-50.


Summary:

Northeast Carry Formation here named and assigned to the Seboomook Group, raised in rank. Type section of the Northeast Carry is identical in location to the Seboomook Formation of Boucot (1961). Unit is predominantly a greenish-gray to medium-dark-gray, poorly sorted very fine- to fine-grained sandstone with cyclically interbedded medium-dark to dark-gray metasiltstones or claystone slates. Formation is estimated to be 4300 m thick at the type section. Overlies Ironbound Mountain Formation and underlies unnamed slates. Age is Early Devonian (Siegenian).

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Northeast Carry Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Marvinney, R.G., 1994, Sedimentological aspects of the Frontenac, Ironbound Mountain, and Northeast Carry Formations near Seboomook Lake, Maine; B2, IN Hanson, L.S., ed., Guidebook to field trips in north-central Maine: New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference Guidebook, [86th] annual meeting, Millinocket, ME, September 23-25, 1994, p. 67-89.


Summary:

Cyclically bedded fine-grained quartz-arenite and gray slate compose most of the Northeast Carry Formation of the Seboomook Group. Beds range from 2 cm to 2 m in thickness. Unlike other formations in this study, primary sedimentary structures are preserved, including convolute laminations, cross bedding, and sole markings. Overlies Ironbound Mountain Formation. Age is Early Devonian.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Northeast Carry Formation*
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Moench, R.H., Boone, G.M., Bothner, W.A., Boudette, E.L., Hatch, N.L., Jr., Hussey, A.M., II, Marvinney, R.G., and Aleinikoff, J.N., 1995, Geologic map of the Sherbrooke-Lewiston area, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, United States, and Quebec, Canada: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-1898-D, 2 sheets, 56 p., scale 1:250,000, Prepared in cooperation with Maine and New Hampshire geol. surveys


Summary:

[Although not mapped in this report area, author notes its inclusion in the Seboomook Group, following the usage of Pollock (1987).]

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


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