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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.