Cape May Formation Explained

Cape May Formation
Type:	Formation
Namedby:	Rollin D. Salisbury^[1]
Region:	New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Overlies:	Jamesburg Formation

The Cape May Formation is a geologic formation in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.^[2] It preserves fossils.

The Cape May is described as "Fine-to-coarse sand, minor silt and clay; yellow, brownish-yellow, reddish-yellow, very pale brown, light gray; minor pebble gravel." It may be massive (without stratification) or stratified.^[3]

The Cape May was initially described by Rollin D. Salisbury in 1893 as an unnamed "Fourth Stage of the Yellow Gravel", with the first stage being the Beacon Hill Formation, the second being the Pensauken Formation, and the third being the Jamesburg Formation.^[4] The unnamed fourth stage was later named the Cape May by Salisbury.^[1]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in New Jersey
• Paleontology in New Jersey

References

• Web site: Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). 17 December 2021.

Notes and References

1. Shattuck, G.B., 1901, The Pleistocene problem of the north Atlantic Coastal Plain: Johns Hopkins University Circular, v. 20, no. 152, p. 69-75.
2. National Geologic Map Database, Geolex — Unit Summary, Cape May
3. Scott D. Stanford, 2004. Surficial geology of the Camden and Philadelphia quadrangles, Camden, Gloucester, and Burlington counties, New Jersey. New Jersey Geological Survey. Open-file Map OFM 60. Map Scale: 1:24,000.
4. Rollin D. Salisbury, Surface Geology Report of Progress, 1893, Geological Survey of New Jersey, Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1893, pp. 35-328.