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  • Usage in publication:
    • Prallsville member
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Arkose
    • Conglomerate
    • Sandstone
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Newark basin
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

McLaughlin, D.B., 1945, Type sections of the Stockton and Lockatong formations: Pennsylvania Academy of Science Proceedings, v. 19, p. 102-112.


Summary:

The Prallsville Member of the Stoc0kton Formation is described in a 1,000 ft (300 m) section in quarries on both sides of the Delaware River. It includes the lower Prallsville, gray arkose and conglomerate, 437 ft (133 m) thick; the middle Prallsville, soft red sandstone and shale, 146 ft (44 m) thick; the upper Prallsville, heavy arkose, 207 ft (63 m) thick; and an unnamed soft red sandstone and shale, 173 ft (52 m) thick.

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


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