Stockton Formation

Stockton Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Triassic, Late Carnian to Early Norian
TypeFormation
Unit ofNewark Supergroup
UnderliesLockatong Formation
Lithology
Primarysandstone
Othersiltstone, mudstone
Location
RegionPennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forStockton, 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]

  1. ^ Faill, R.T., (2004). The Birdsboro Basin. Pennsylvania Geology V. 34 n. 4.