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Stockton Formation from the Newark rift basin

Stockton Formation from the Newark rift basin. LEFT: Tan to pinkish arkosic coarse sandstone and red to purple mudstone from TW-1 well, Palisades, NY. From Zakharova et al. (2016). RIGHT: Stratigraphic section from near Stockton, NJ. The photo covers the interval shown by the vertical bar. Sandstone forms massive units; shale forms fissile units. From Olsen et al. (2018).
Stockton Formation from the Newark rift basin

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