Usage:
Stockton Formation of Newark Supergroup (NJ*,NY*,PA*)
Stockton Formation of Newark Group (PA)
Subunits:
Solebury (NJ), Prallsville (NJ,PA), Cutalossa (NJ,PA), Raven Rock (NJ,PA,NY) Members
Geologic age:
Triassic, Late*
Carnian, middle
Carnian, late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures in quarries near the village of Stockton, Hunterdon Co., NJ (Kummel, 1897).
Composite section: along the Delaware River from Brookville to Raven Rock, Hunterdon Co., NJ, and from Center Bridge to Lumberville, Bucks Co., PA (McLaughlin, 1945).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province*
Newark basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).