- Usage in publication:
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- Washington Valley member
- Modifications:
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- First used
- Dominant lithology:
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- Limestone
- Siltstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Summary:
A limestone-bearing sequence bearing a gross resemblance to a single Lockatong detrital cycle is named the informal Washington Valley member of the Feltville Formation. It consists of gray, black, and red siltstone and limestone with fossil fish, reptile footprints, carbonized plant fossils, and root zones, representing transgressive and deep water facies of lake bed deposits. It has been found in the southern Watchung and New Germantown synclines.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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