Usage:
Farmingdale Member of Manasquan Formation (NJ)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (early Eocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: south bank of the Manasquan River, 2,500 ft upstream from Southard Ave. in Farmingdale, Monmouth Co., east-central NJ. Named from good exposure in and near Farmingdale, Monmouth Co., NJ (Enright, 1969).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin
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