About: Bloomsburg Formation

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dbo:abstract	The Silurian Bloomsburg Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Maryland. It is named for the town of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania in which it was first described. The Bloomsburg marked the first occurrence of red sedimentary rocks in the Appalachian Basin. (en)
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dbp:age	Gorstian - Ludfordian ~ (en)
dbp:caption	A hand sample of the Bloomsburg Siltstone from Port Clinton, Pennsylvania (en)
dbp:extent	Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia (en)
dbp:name	Bloomsburg Formation (en)
dbp:namedby	I. C. White, 1883 (en)
dbp:namedfor	dbr:Bloomsburg,_Pennsylvania
dbp:otherlithology	dbr:Limestone dbr:Claystone dbr:Sandstone dbr:Shale
dbp:overlies	Clinton Group, McKenzie Formation, Mifflintown Formation, and Shawangunk Formation (en)
dbp:period	Ludlow (en)
dbp:prilithology	dbr:Siltstone
dbp:region	Appalachian Basin of eastern North America (en)
dbp:thickness	up to (en)
dbp:type	dbr:Sedimentary
dbp:underlies	dbr:Wills_Creek_Formation
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gold:hypernym	dbr:Unit
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rdfs:comment	The Silurian Bloomsburg Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Maryland. It is named for the town of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania in which it was first described. The Bloomsburg marked the first occurrence of red sedimentary rocks in the Appalachian Basin. (en)
rdfs:label	Bloomsburg Formation (en)
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