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Usage:
Roslyn Till Member of Manhasset Formation (NY)
Roslyn Till (NY)
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene
Wisconsinan
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Open pits on Manhasset Neck along west shore of Hempstead Harbor near Port Washington, Nassau Co., Long Island, NY (Mills and Wells, 1974).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin
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