Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in New Jersey, Delaware, and eastern Maryland
By: by James P. Minard ... [et al.].
Contributors: Minard, James P.
Series: Contributions to stratigraphy; Geological Survey bulletin -- 1274-H
Publisher: U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
Published: 1969
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 33
Subjects: Geology, Stratigraphic -- Cretaceous.; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Tertiary.; Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary -- New Jersey.; Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary -- Delaware.; Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary -- Maryland.; Geology -- New Jersey.; Geology -- Delaware.; Geology -- Maryland.; Paleontology -- Cretaceous.; Paleontology -- Tertiary.; Paleontology -- New Jersey -- Cretaceous.; Paleontology -- New Jersey -- Tertiary.; Paleontology -- Delaware.; Paleontology -- Maryland.
Description: The basal Tertiary Hornerstown Sand unconformably overlaps progressively lower truncated beds in the underlying Cretaceous section southwestward through New Jersey, Delaware, and eastern Maryland.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-33).