Boonton Formation

Boonton Formation
Boonton Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Hettangian-Sinemurian; ~197–190 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Exposure of the Boonton Formation along a road cut in Pequannock Township, New Jersey.
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Newark Supergroup; Meriden Group
Underlies	Potomac Formation
Overlies	Hook Mountain Basalt
Thickness	maximum of over 1,640 feet (500 m)
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone, siltstone, mudstone
Other	Conglomerate, evaporite
Location
Coordinates	40°54′N 74°24′W / 40.9°N 74.4°W
Approximate paleocoordinates	22°42′N 19°48′W / 22.7°N 19.8°W
Region	Newark Basin of; Eastern North America Rift Basins
Extent	continuous for ~30 miles (48 km) in New Jersey
Type section
Named for	Boonton, New Jersey
Named by	Paul E. Olsen
Year defined	1980
	Boonton Formation (the United States) Boonton Formation (New Jersey)

The Boonton Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in New Jersey, formerly divided between the Boonton and Whitehall beds of the defunct Brunswick Formation. It is named for the town of Boonton, New Jersey, which is near where its type section was described by paleontologist Paul E. Olsen.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Olsen, 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.

[Olsen-1] Olsen, 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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