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Recorrelation of Eocene-Miocene boundary of Delaware coastal plain
H. S. Valia, H. Khalifa and B. Cameron
Recorrelation of Eocene-Miocene boundary of Delaware coastal plain
AAPG Bulletin (May 1977) 61 (5): 723-727
Recorrelation of Eocene-Miocene boundary of Delaware coastal plain
AAPG Bulletin (May 1977) 61 (5): 723-727
Index Terms/Descriptors
- Atlantic Coastal Plain
- biostratigraphy
- Cenozoic
- Chesapeake Group
- correlation
- Delaware
- Eocene
- Foraminifera
- Invertebrata
- Jacksonian
- Kent County Delaware
- microfossils
- middle Miocene
- Miocene
- Neogene
- Paleogene
- Piney Point Formation
- Protista
- stratigraphic boundary
- stratigraphy
- Tertiary
- unconformities
- United States
- upper Cenozoic
- upper Eocene
- central
Latitude & Longitude
Abstract
The Eocene-Miocene contact in the Delaware coastal plain should be moved down and placed below the pebbly, glauconitic sand of the uppermost Piney Point Formation (Jacksonian age). The uppermost part of the Piney Point Formation (glauconitic greensand), which is pebbly, lacks a characteristic late Eocene fauna and contains middle Miocene Foraminifera, unquestionably making this pebbly sand Miocene in age. Thus, a new correlation can be drawn on the basis of the microfossils, rather than on the green color due to the presence of glauconite.
ISSN: 0149-1423
EISSN: 1558-9153
Coden: AABUD2
Serial Title: AAPG Bulletin
Serial Volume: 61
Serial Issue: 5
Title: Recorrelation of Eocene-Miocene boundary of Delaware coastal plain
Affiliation: Boston Univ., Dep. Geol.,
Boston, Mass.,
United States
Pages: 723-727
Published: 197705
Text Language: English
Publisher: American Association of Petroleum Geologists,
Tulsa, OK,
United States
References: 11
Accession Number: 1977-043692
Categories: Stratigraphy
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: table, charts, sketch map
N38°45'00" - N39°15'00", W75°45'00" - W75°07'00"
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2019, American Geosciences Institute.
Update Code: 1977