Description
Main TitleContributions to New Jersey Geology
PublisherU.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Date Created1991
Subject (Geographic)New Jersey, New York, Sussex County
Subject (Geographic - Hierarchical)
Country: United States
State: New Jersey
Subject (Topical)geology; landscape; granite; rock; middle proterozoic; Byram Intrusive Suite; Lake Hapatcong Intrusive Suite; Martinsburg Formation; Bushkill Member; petrography; petrochemistry; Storm King Granite; tectonic; Lake Hopatcong; Highlands; Byram; Mount Eve; Orange County; Reading Prong
DescriptionThis document contains four geology reports. The first is titled "The Lake Hopatcong Intrusive Suite (Middle Proterozoic) of the New Jersey Highlands" and looks at the relation of the Lake Hopatcong Intrusive Suite (here named) to the Byram Intrusive Suite. The second, titled "The High Point Member (Upper Ordovician) of the Martinsburg Formation in Northern New Jersey and Southeastern New York", briefly discusses the Bushkill, Ramseyburg, and Pen Argyl members of the Martinsburg Formation to establish their relation to the High Point and to point up the changes in the foreland basing between Delaware Valley and southeastern New York. The relation of these members is shown. The third report, titled "The Mount Eve Granite (Middle Proterozoic) of Northern New Jersey and Southeastern New York", describes the Mount Eve Granite and discusses the importance in deciphering the Grenvillian history of the Reading Prong. The final report, titled "The Byram Intrusive Suite of the Reading Prong-Age and Tectonic Environment", briefly discusses the petrography and petrochemistry of the Byram Instrusive Suite and Storm King Granite, presents the geochronological data for the Byram, interprets the tectonic environment within which the granitoids were emplaced, and attempts to explain the age dichotomy.
NotePrepared in cooperation with the New Jersey Geological Survey. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1952. Edited by Avery Ala Drake Jr.
NotePurpose: To present four different geology reports about parts of New Jersey.
Data Life Cycle Event(s)
Type: Cataloging
Date: 2008-09-05 00:00:00.0
Creator: Karen Hanson
Organization NameNew Jersey Environmental Digital Library
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