BEEKMANTOWN GROUP



The Beekmantown Group is a Lower Ordovician sandy dolostone consisting of a lower March Formation and an upper Oxford Formation. The March Formation consists of interbedded quartz sandstone and sandy dolostones with some conodont faunas and burrows reported. The Oxford Formation consists of dolostone with shaly and sandy interbeds. The dolostones show desiccation cracks, stylolites, burrows and soft sediment deformation. Some poorly preserved trilobites can be found in this formation.


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