BROOKLYN COLLEGE
GEOLOGY FIELD TRIP
NEWARK BASIN
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Students and Dr. Friedman posing in front of Pebble Rock. |
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| Working along the Delaware River. |
| Stop 1 - 71 miles from BC |
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| Basalt flow Triassic/Jurassic in age. Diabase, igneous basalt flow. Watchung lava flows. | |
| Stop 2 - 78 miles from BC |
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| Overview of the Prillsville member of the
Stockton Formation. Sediments of an alluvial fan. Note
the unconformity between the beige bed and the dark salmon pink bed below. We are looking at two distinct alluvial fans separated by an unconformity. Sandstone on top, unconformity, silstone and shale in the bottom. |
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| View of the formation with two "scales". | Close up of the unconformity. | View of the formation. |
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| Close up of the formation. | Close up of the unconformity. |
| Stop 3 - 82 miles from BC | |
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| Overview of the outcrop | Sandstone. Note the layering in the coarse sandstone. |
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| Close-up of a sandstone layer. | Fractured sandstone. |
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Dark gray shale. Close-up. |
| Stop 4 - 90 miles from BC | |
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Overview of the outcrop ("Devil's tea table"). Passaic Formation. Red shale. |
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| View of the "Devil's tea table" # 1 | View of the "Devil's tea table" # 2 |
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| View of the "Devil's tea table" # 3 | Overview of the outcrop. |
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| View of the "Devil's tea table" # 4 | View of the red bed shales. Passaic Formation. |
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| Overview of the outcrop at stop 4. | View of the bedding in shales. | |
| Stop 5 - 120 miles from BC | ||
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| Fine laminae impressed in the mudstone. | Fine laminae impressed in the mudstone. | |
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| Fine laminae impressed in the mudstone. | Overview of the outcrop. | |
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Measuring the section. |
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| We'd enjoyed!!! |
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| Updated and mantained by Guillermo Rocha |
