Field Notebook: NJ 1960
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Problems in local stratigraphy seem to include following - 1. Differentiation of weathered from unweathered strata, i.e. Belief that Tinton stops in New Egypt zone may be based on its idem by weathered characteristics N New E. 2. Is old terminology practical? Should not Tinton-Redbank (possibly Azucrah) be one unit with local sand bodies leatis or members? Same for Mt Leval-Newacah? At step 3 - what prevents the lower dark bed from being Tinton? Seems to me it should be called Tinton at least provisionally. Step 4. Type Horneestown - numerous shark teeth found by party. Step 5- Step 6 + (7) - not visited? Collected some good Otanothyris Horneestown - Virruntown, an excellent predation with the beds of accumulated bryochs & gryphzers proceeding at speed at short intervals through