Usage:
Raritan Formation (MD*,MA*,NJ*,NY*,PA*,RI)
Raritan Formation of Potomac Group (MD)
Subunits:
(ascending) Farrington Sand (NJ*,NY,PA), Woodbridge Clay (NJ*,NY), Lloyd Sand (NY*), Sayreville Sand (NJ*,NY), South Amboy Fire Clay (NJ), Old Bridge Sand (NJ), and Amboy Stoneware Clay (NJ) Members
Geologic age:
early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures in the vicinity of the Raritan River and Raritan Bay, northeastern Middlesex Co., east-central NJ (Cook, 1888).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin*
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