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Geologic Unit: Jennings Pond

Usage:

Jennings Pond lithofacies (informal) in Hadlyme Formation (CT)

Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.


Geologic age:

Neoproterozoic


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

Occurs between Chester and Centerbrook, Middlesex Co., south-central CT. Named from only prominent topographic feature associated with it (Wintsch and others, 1990).


AAPG geologic province:

New England province


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

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