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Geologic Unit: Solebury

Usage:

Solebury Member of Stockton Formation (NJ)


Geologic age:

Triassic, Late


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

Not designated. Exposed along the east side of Route 29 between Brookville and Stockton, Hunterdon Co., NJ. Origin of name not stated by authors (Johnson and McLaughlin, 1957).


AAPG geologic province:

Newark basin
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province


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

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