Usage:
Hunts Brook Schist of Waterford Complex (CT)
Geologic age:
Neoproterozoic to early(?) Paleozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Roadcuts along Interchange 77 of the CT turnpike (U.S. Interstate Highway I-95) and along Route 85 southeast of Interchange 77, Montville quadrangle, New London Co., southeastern CT. (Described by Dixon and others, 1968; Designated by Wintsch and others, 1990).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province
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