Skunnemunk Conglomerate
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The Skunnemunk Conglomerate (also spelled Schunemunk) is a mapped bedrock unit in New Jersey and New York from the Middle Devonian period.[1] It forms the resistant ridge of Schunemunk Mountain in New York and Bearfort Mountain in New Jersey.[2]
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Skunnemunk Conglomerate | |
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Stratigraphic range: Middle Devonian | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Green Pond Outlier |
Overlies | Bellvale Sandstone |
Thickness | About 3,000 ft.[1] |
Lithology | |
Primary | Conglomerate, Sandstone |
Location | |
Extent | New Jersey, New York |
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