Usage:
Fort Adams Formation of Newport Group (RI-recognized locally on Newport Neck)
Geologic age:
Neoproterozoic(?) or older(?)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Notable exposures in north-central portion of Newport Neck, mainly within confines of Fort Adams State Park and along south shore of Newport Harbor. (Bailey and others, 1989; Rast and Skehan, 1981a, NEIGC 73rd Ann. Mtg., Trip B-2, p. 69; Rast and Skehan, 1981b, Geology, v. 9, no. 12, p. 597).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province
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