Usage:
Wantagh Formation (NY)
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene, late
Wisconsinan, middle
Sangamonian(?)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): (1) silty-clay facies in borehole 200-C, Wantagh Pollution Control Plant, Wantagh; (2) sand facies in borehole 238, Wantagh Pollution Control Plant outfall pipe, Jones Beach State Park, Nassau Co., NY (Rampino and Sanders, 1981).
AAPG geologic province:
Atlantic Coast basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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