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Geologic Unit: Boston Bay

Usage:

Boston Bay Group (MA*)


Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all in MA: Brighton Melaphyre* or [?]Brighton Volcanics, Cambridge Argillite* or [?]Cambridge Slate, Roxbury Conglomerate*.


Geologic age:

Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian(?)*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type area: occurs in Boston basin which borders Boston Bay, MA (Hobbs, 1899).


AAPG geologic province:

New England province*


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).