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  • Usage in publication:
    • Shuttle Meadow formation
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
    • Siltstone
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
    • Hartford basin
Publication:

Lehmann, E.P., 1959, The bedrock geology of the Middletown quadrangle: Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey Quadrangle Report, no. 8, 40 p.


Summary:

The lower sedimentary division of the Meriden Formation of Krynine (1950) is here named the Shuttle Meadow Formation of the Newark Group. It consists of laminated fissile maroon shale, dark banded shale, and layered siltstone and sandstone. Conformably overlies Talcott Basalt and conformably underlies Holyoke Basalt. Age is Late Triassic.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Shuttle Meadow formation*
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
    • Hartford basin
Publication:

Schnabel, R.W., 1960, Bedrock geology of the Avon quadrangle, Connecticut: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map, GQ-134, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000 [http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_581.htm]


Summary:

The Shuttle Meadow Formation of the Newark Group is here accepted for USGS use.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Shuttle Meadow Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
    • Hartford basin
Publication:

Sanders, J.E., 1968, Stratigraphy and primary sedimentary structures of fine-grained, well-bedded strata, inferred lake deposits, Upper Triassic, central and southern Connecticut, IN Klein, G.D., ed., Late Paleozoic and Mesozoic continental sedimentation in northeastern North America: Geological Society of America Special Paper, 106, p. 265-305.


Summary:

The Shuttle Meadow Formation is here assigned to the Meriden Group in Connecticut.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Shuttle Meadow Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
    • Hartford basin
Publication:

Cornet, Bruce, Traverse, A., and McDonald, N.G., 1973, Fossil spores, pollen, and fishes from Connecticut indicate Early Jurassic age for part of the Newark Group: Science, v. 182, no. 4118, p. 1243-1246.


Summary:

Palynoflorules in the Shuttle Meadow Formation suggest that it is basal Liassic or possibly upper Rhaetic in age.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Shuttle Meadow Formation*
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
    • Hartford basin
    • Pomperaug basin
Publication:

Zen, E-an (editor), Goldsmith, Richard (compiler), Ratcliffe, N.M. (compiler), Robinson, Peter (compiler), Stanley, R.S. (compiler), Hatch, N.L., Jr., Shride, A.F., Weed, E.G.A., and Wones, D.R., 1983, Bedrock geologic map of Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey [State Geologic Map], 3 sheets, scale 1:250,000


Summary:

Used as Shuttle Meadow Formation of Early Jurassic age. Consists of reddish-brown to pale-red arkosic sandstone and siltstone, and gray sandstone, gray mudstone, and black shale; interpreted as lake beds. Includes pale-red conglomerate and arkosic sandstone unit separately mapped.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Shuttle Meadow Formation*
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
    • Hartford basin
Publication:

Robinson, Peter, and Luttrell, G.W., 1985, Revision of some stratigraphic names in central Massachusetts, IN Stratigraphic notes, 1984: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1605-A, p. A71-A78.


Summary:

The Shuttle Meadow Formation is assigned to Newark Supergroup and is extended into MA in the Hartford basin. It consists of sandstone strata containing one interval of gray mudstone beds. The unit grades eastward along strike into a conglomeratic facies. It overlies the New Haven Arkose or Hitchcock Volcanics and underlies the Holyoke Basalt.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Shuttle Meadow Formation*
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
    • Hartford basin
    • Pomperaug basin
Publication:

Rodgers, John, 1985, Bedrock geological map of Connecticut: Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey, scale 1:125,000


Summary:

The Shuttle Meadow Formation of the Newark Supergroup overlies the Talcott Basalt or the New Haven Arkose in the Hartford and Pomperaug basins.

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


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