Various colors and textures of Towaco Formation seen within Pines Lake area of Wayne, New Jersey.
Type
Geological formation
Unit of
Newark Supergroup
Underlies
Hook Mountain Basalt
Overlies
Preakness Basalt
Thickness
maximum of at least 1,115 feet (340 m)[1]
Lithology
Primary
Sandstone, siltstone, mudstone
Other
Conglomerate
Location
Coordinates
40°48′N74°18′W / 40.8°N 74.3°W / 40.8; -74.3
Approximate paleocoordinates
21°24′N20°36′W / 21.4°N 20.6°W / 21.4; -20.6
Region
Newark Basin of Eastern North America Rift Basins
Extent
nearly continuous for ~35 miles (56 km) in New Jersey
Type section
Named for
Towaco, New Jersey[1]
Named by
Paul E. Olsen, 1980[1]
Towaco Formation (the United States)
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Towaco Formation (New Jersey)
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The Towaco Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in New Jersey. It is named for the unincorporated village of Towaco, which is near the place its type section was described by paleontologist Paul E. Olsen.[1]
^ abcdOlsen, P.E., 1980. The Latest Triassic and Early Jurassic Formations of the Newark Basin (Eastern North America, Newark Supergroup): Stratigraphy, Structure, and Correlation. New Jersey Academy of Science Bulletin, v. 25, no. 2, p. 25-51.
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line. The Erie-Lackawanna Railroad served it, as did Conrail before the formation of New Jersey Transit. In 2002, local residents planted a memorial tree...
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