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Geologic Units: Roslyn
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Roslyn Till, Till Member
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Till
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Atlantic Coast basin
Publication:

Mills, H.C., and Wells, P.D., 1974, Ice-shove deformation and glacial stratigraphy of Port Washington, Long Island, New York: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 85, no. 3, p. 357-364.


Summary:

Roslyn till, the hard, compacted clayey till overlying Roslyn outwash, on Manhasset Neck, Long Island, is here included in Manhasset Formation. Contains numerous erratics and reaches 10 m in thickness. Age is Pleistocene.

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


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