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Geologic Unit: Robeson
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Robeson conglomerate
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Conglomerate
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Gettysburg basin
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

McLaughlin, D.B., 1939, A great alluvial fan in the Triassic of Pennsylvania: Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, v. 24, pt. 4, p. 59-74.


Summary:

A thick succession of coarse red brown conglomerate interbedded with arkosic sandstone that forms an alluvial fan S of Reading and W of the Schuylkill River in PA is here named the Robeson Conglomerate. It extends W across northern New Holland and Lancaster 15' quads, and occupies Furnace Ridge, a prominent ridge through the center of the Triassic belt. It is the stratigraphic equivalent of the Lockatong and Brunswick Formations. The source of the conglomerate was a Paleozoic overthrust block to the N of the downfaulted Triassic basin.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Robeson†
  • Modifications:
    • Abandoned
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

Glaeser, J.D., 1963, Lithostratigraphic nomenclature of the Triassic Newark-Gettysburg basin: Pennsylvania Academy of Science Proceedings, v. 37, p. 179-188.


Summary:

The Hammer Creek Formation, defined between the Dauphin-Lebanon County line on the west and the Schuylkill River on the east, includes rocks previously defined as the Robeson Conglomerate and the Elizabeth Furnace and Furnace Ridge Conglomerate Members of the Gettysburg Formation. The Robeson Conglomerate is not recognized in the Hammer Creek Formation.

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


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