Usage:
Merrick Formation (NY)
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene, late
Wisconsinan, early
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: borehole 201, Wantagh Pollution Control Plant 0.25 mi (0.4 km) east of Wantagh State Parkway and 1.2 mi (2 km) south of Merrick Road, Wantagh, Nassau Co., Long Island, NY (Rampino and Sanders, 1981).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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