Usage:
Narragansett Plutonic Suite (CT,MA?,RI)
Subunits:
Narragansett Pier Granite (RI,CT) and Westerly Granite (RI,CT)
Geologic age:
Permian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Crops out along southern coast of RI and CT. Origin of name not stated by authors, but probably named from town of Narragansett, Washington Co., RI (Skehan and Rast, 1990).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province
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