A Natural Resource Management Guide for the County of Morris A ...
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Group<br />
sandstone,<br />
conglomerate<br />
siltstone<br />
siltstone,<br />
calcareous<br />
dolomite, sandstone<br />
silty<br />
Towaco sandstone, siltstone, shale,<br />
Upper<br />
Formation conglomerate<br />
Triassic<br />
water occurs<br />
Ground<br />
bedding surfaces,<br />
along<br />
faults,<br />
joints,<br />
spaces,<br />
intergranular<br />
cavities, and<br />
solution<br />
openings.<br />
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spaces,<br />
intergranular<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r openings.<br />
and<br />
Table Two- Paleozoic Rock in <strong>Morris</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
GREEN POND MOUNTAIN REGION<br />
Period<br />
Era<br />
Hydrogeologic<br />
Characteristics<br />
Predominant Lithology<br />
Stratigraphic Unit<br />
conglomerate<br />
Skunnemunk Conglomerate<br />
sandstone, siltstone, shale<br />
Bellvale Sandstone<br />
Cornwall Shale<br />
shale, siltstone<br />
D evoni<br />
a n<br />
Kanouse Sandstone<br />
ic<br />
siltstone, sandstone<br />
Esopus Formation<br />
conglomeratic quartzite<br />
Connelly Conglomerate<br />
Berkshire Valley Formation<br />
n<br />
calcareous shale, dolomite<br />
Poxono Island Formation<br />
shale, siltstone<br />
Longwood Shale<br />
conglomerate quartzite, siltstone<br />
Green Pond Conglomerate<br />
Table Three - Mesozoic Rock in <strong>Morris</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
Hydrogeologic<br />
Era Period Epoch Stratigraphic Unit Predominant Lithology<br />
Characteristics<br />
sandstone, siltstone, shale,<br />
Boonton<br />
Formation<br />
conglomerate<br />
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Ground water<br />
occurs along bedding<br />
Mountain<br />
basalt<br />
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surfaces, joints,<br />
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Source: New Jersey Geological Survey, In<strong>for</strong>mation Circular 1, 1990<br />
A <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resource</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />
<strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Morris</strong> 54
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