Field Notebook: NJ 1960
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DOCUMENT NO. 212 Invertebrate Paleontology Yale Peabody Museum 7041 Stop 1. Crossmens clay pit South Amboy clays at base and the sand member overlying. Dorf says these units deltzc - likes to think of them as Hudson delta - thin southward where indistinguishable from Mzgothy. Details - This upper 2 pts of unit which in wells nearby is 300'. Both sandy & clay m Stop 2. Cliffwood beach. Mzgothy - alternating unwindowed ss and clay. Some thicker turb clay near base. - Crabs + other shells. Some freq. leaves in lower clays. Pyritized wood, conifer cones. Inverts in 12mm. ss (rycos. Some merclizutville at top. Sand in Mzgothy similar to Revitan - clay more illitic micaceous.