Kittatinny Valley
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The Kittatinny Valley is a section of the Great Appalachian Valley in Sussex and Warren counties in northwestern New Jersey that is bounded on the northwest by Kittatinny Mountain, and in the southeas
Kittatinny Valley as seen from Kittatinny Mountain in Walpack Township, New Jersey
Martinsburg Formation
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The Ordovician Martinsburg Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. It is named for the town of Martinsburg, West Virginia for which it wa
Kittatinny Valley
…between the Silurian Shawangunk quartz conglomerate and the lower Cambrian Hardyston quartzite. The Silurian Shawangunk Conglomerate lies on top of the Martinsburg Formation. This is due to the quartz pebbles being transported on top of the Martinsburg shale, and then due to geologic pressure, folded and faulted. Thus the…
A sample of the Martinsburg shale from the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Northeast Extension) at mile post 66.