Usage:
Dutch Island Harbor Formation of Conanicut Group (RI-recognized locally around Conanicut Island)
Geologic age:
Early Ordovician
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: Dutch Island Harbor, Conanicut Island, southern Narragansett Bay, southeastern RI (J.W. Skehan and others, 1981, NEIGC 73rd Ann. Mtg., Trip C-1, p. 237-264).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province
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