Stockton Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Late Triassic, | |
Type | Formation |
Unit of | Newark Supergroup |
Underlies | Lockatong Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | sandstone |
Other | siltstone, mudstone |
Location | |
Region | Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Stockton, New Jersey |
The Triassic Stockton Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. It is named after Stockton, New Jersey, where it was first described. It is laterally equivalent to the New Oxford Formation in the Gettysburg Basin of Pennsylvania and Maryland.[1]