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Newark Basin
A USGS geological map of New Jersey and the surrounding region; the Newark Basin is outlined in white
Newark Basin
USGS Stratigraphic Column of the Newark Basin

The Newark Basin is a sediment-filled rift basin located mainly in northern New Jersey but also stretching into south-eastern Pennsylvania and southern New York. It is part of the system of Eastern North America Rift Basins.

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Newark Basin

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The Newark Basin is a sediment-filled rift basin located mainly in northern New Jersey but also stretching into south-eastern Pennsylvania and southern...

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Newark Supergroup

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separate from Africa. Exposures of the Newark Supergroup extend from South Carolina north to Nova Scotia. Related basins are also found underwater in the Bay...

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Ramapo Fault

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Highlands is the Piedmont, specifically the Newark Basin. The Ramapo Fault forms the boundary between the Newark Basin and the Highlands, running from Haverstraw...

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Watchung Mountains

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Newark Basin became layered with alternating strata of Watchung basalt and Jurassic sedimentary rock. Throughout the early Jurassic, the Newark Basin...

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Geography of New Jersey

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of the Newark Basin, as well as major highways, are shown on the map at left...... For the geological history of the region, see Newark Basin. The Inner...

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Geology of Manhattan Prong

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Prong are separated by the Newark Basin in the south, but the two features merge at the northern terminus of the Newark Basin in the vicinity of Peekskill...

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Rhaetian

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terrestrial strata of the Newark basin in the eastern United States. Correlating the Newark basin to marine sections encompassing the Norian-Rhaetian...

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Rift lake

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rift lake of Triassic age, formed in the Newark Basin. Lake Malawi, part of East African Rift The Orcadian Basin, in northern Scotland, had rift lakes that...

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Central Atlantic magmatic province

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polarity not sampled in the Newark Basin Sequence (many more lava flows are present in the Moroccan Succession than in the Newark Basin), but observed in Early...

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Lockatong Formation

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the Newark basin, and typically consist of sandstone and conglomerate. Since the Lockatong Formation is primarily exposed in the center of the Newark basin...

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Palisades Sill

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arkoses of the Stockton Formation within the Newark Basin, one of the Eastern North America Rift Basins. The magma would eventually solidify and, after...

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Graben

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easternmost and Owens Valley being the westernmost. Lake George Basin, New York, U.S. Lake Tahoe Basin, California and Nevada, U.S. Republic Graben, Republic,...

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Passaic Formation

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Latest Triassic and Early Jurassic Formations of the Newark Basin (Eastern North America, Newark Supergroup): Stratigraphy, Structure, and Correlation...

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Sedimentary basin

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M. L.; Olsen, P. E. (January 2013). "Rift-basin development: lessons from the Triassic–Jurassic Newark Basin of eastern North America". Geological Society...

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Campgaw Mountain

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western border of the Newark Basin. Campgaw Mountain also marks the eastern edge of the Ramapo River Valley, forming a sizable basin between itself and the...

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Cushetunk Mountain

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locations in the Newark Basin where an intrusion successfully crossed the Ramapo fault and effectively spilled over the western edge of the basin. Second, the...

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Arsenic poisoning

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"The occurrence and geochemistry of arsenic in groundwaters of the Newark basin of Pennsylvania". Applied Geochemistry. 23 (1): 85–98. Bibcode:2008ApGC...

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Sourland Mountain

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Brunswick Shale. The intrusion occurred as tectonic forces created the Newark Basin, a prehistoric rift valley active near the rift which ultimately spread...

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Sourland Mountain Preserve

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igneous rocks of Late Triassic and Early Jurassic age, and are part of the Newark basin rift lake system. The main ridge in Sourland Mountain is intrusive diabase...

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Sanford Formation

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mainly found in the Sanford sub-basin of the Deep River Basin, the southernmost of the large Mesozoic basins forming the Newark Supergroup. It is the highest...

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Geography of New York City

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last ice age. The Bronx and Manhattan lie on the eastern edge of the Newark Basin, a block of the Earth's crust which sank downward during the disintegration...

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Catharpin Creek Formation

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found along the western edge of the Culpeper Basin, one of the largest sedimentary basins in the Newark Supergroup. Compared to the underlying Bull Run...

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Raritan Bay

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drained southward across the saddle between the Atlantic Highlands and the Newark Basin into the Delaware River Valley. This saddle area is a very broad flood...

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Feltville Formation

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Latest Triassic and Early Jurassic Formations of the Newark Basin (Eastern North America, Newark Supergroup): Stratigraphy, Structure, and Correlation...

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