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Towaco Formation
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The Towaco Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in New Jersey. It is named for the unincorporated village of Towaco, which is near the place its type section was described by paleontologist Paul E. Olsen.[1]
Quick Facts Type, Unit of ...
Towaco Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Early Jurassic | |
![]() Various colors and textures of Towaco Formation seen within Pines Lake area of Wayne, New Jersey. | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Newark Supergroup |
Underlies | Hook Mountain Basalt |
Overlies | Preakness Basalt |
Thickness | maximum of at least 1,115 feet (340 m)[1] |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone, siltstone, mudstone |
Other | Conglomerate |
Location | |
Coordinates | 40.8°N 74.3°W / 40.8; -74.3 |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 21.4°N 20.6°W / 21.4; -20.6 |
Region | Newark Basin of Eastern North America Rift Basins |
Extent | nearly continuous for ~35 miles (56 km) in New Jersey |
Type section | |
Named for | Towaco, New Jersey[1] |
Named by | Paul E. Olsen, 1980[1] |
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