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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.

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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.
Contributor:
Geological Survey (U.S.), issuing body.
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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