Geology And Paleontology Of The Lower Miocene Pollack Farm Fossil Site Delaware
| Author(s) | Benson, R.N. | |
| Date Accessioned | 2008-11-06T20:43:02Z | |
| Date Available | 2008-11-06T20:43:02Z | |
| Publication Date | 1998 | |
| Abstract | The Pollack Farm Site near Cheswold, Delaware, is named for a borrow pit excavated during highway construction. The excavation exposed a portion of the Cheswold sands of the lower Miocene Calvert Formation. Two sand intervals (Cheswold C-3 and C-4) yielded a diverse assemblage of land and marine vertebrate remains and more than 100 species of mollusks. An isolated occurrence of a sandy silt (the radiolarian bed) stratigraphically between the two macrofossil-bearing units yielded only siliceous microfossils—radiolarians, diatoms, and sponge spicules. | en |
| URL | http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/3590 | |
| dc.language | en_US | en_US |
| Publisher | Newark, DE: Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware | en |
| Part of Series | Special Publication;21 | |
| Keywords | Pollack Farm | en |
| Keywords | Cheswold, Delaware | en |
| Keywords | lower Miocene Calvert Formation | en |
| Keywords | mollusks | en |
| Keywords | diatoms | en |
| Keywords | sponge spicules | en |
| Keywords | siliceous microfossils—radiolarians | en |
| Title | Geology And Paleontology Of The Lower Miocene Pollack Farm Fossil Site Delaware | en |
| Type | Book | en |