Geology of Atlantic Coastal Plain in New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia

Abstract

ABSTRACT This paper presents a detailed study of the Cretaceous and Tertiary stratigraphy of the Atlantic Coastal Plain in New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. Detailed lithologic descriptions, based on field examination of all important outcrops in the area, reveal an orderly solution to the correlation problems that have persisted in previous lithologic and paleontologic studies of this area. Diagrammatic cross sections and profiles are included to contrast the relationships of beds based on past age assignments and the relationships of beds based on the writers’ age assignments and interpretations. Isopach and structure maps have been prepared from well-log data for the major formational divisions.