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Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in New Jersey, Delaware, and eastern Maryland / by James P. Minard, James P. Owens, Norman F. Sohl, Harold E. Gill, and James F. Mello.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Minard, James P., author.
- Owens, James Patrick, 1924- author.
- Sohl, Norman F. (Norman Frederick), 1924-1993, author.
- Gill, Harold E., author.
- Mello, James F., 1936- author.
- Series:
- Geological Survey bulletin ; 1274-H.
- Contributions to stratigraphy
- Geological Survey bulletin ; 1274-H
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geology--Delaware.
- Geology.
- Geology--Maryland.
- Geology--New Jersey.
- Geology, Stratigraphic--Cretaceous.
- Geology, Stratigraphic.
- Geology, Stratigraphic--Tertiary.
- Cretaceous Geologic Period.
- Tertiary Geologic Period.
- Delaware.
- Maryland.
- New Jersey.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iii, 33 pages) : illustrations.
- Distribution:
- Washington : United States Government Printing Office
- Other Title:
- Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, N.J., Del., MD
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1969.
- Summary:
- "The basal Tertiary Hornerstown Sand unconformably overlaps progressively lower truncated beds in the underlying Cretaceous section southwestward through New Jersey, Delaware, and eastern Maryland."
- Contents:
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Previous work
- Details of the boundary in outcrop: northeast to southwest
- Megafossils in the boundary interval
- Details of the boundary in the subsurface
- Evidence against a gradational boundary
- Summary.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed September 15, 2014).
- Also available online in PDF format from the U.S. Geological Survey Warehouse (http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/).
- "The basal Tertiary Hornerstown Sand unconformably overlaps progressively lower truncated beds in the underlying Cretaceous section southwestward through New Jersey, Delaware, and eastern Maryland."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-33).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Minard, James P. Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in New Jersey, Delaware, and eastern Maryland
- OCLC:
- 891382757
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