South Bristol, Lincoln Co., Maine, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 43° 51' 49'' North , 69° 33' 31'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 43.86385,-69.55884 |
GeoHash: | G#: dry991hv3 |
Köppen climate type: | Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate |
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Regional Geology
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Ordovician - Neoproterozoic 443.8 - 1000 Ma ID: 2933537 | Ordovician - Precambrian Z Cape Elizabeth Formation Age: Neoproterozoic to Ordovician (443.8 - 1000 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Cape Elizabeth Formation Comments: Divisible into lower member of black to dark-gray, thinly laminated carbonate shale and minor feldspathic quartzite, 2,000 m thick and upper member of gray, thinly laminated shale and siltstone, 600 m thick. Underlies Albee Formation. Used in ME and NH as far east as 70 deg 45' at east edge of Cupsuptic quad; Dead River Formation is eastward equivalent of Aziscohos and Albee Formations. Age is Early Ordovician. (ME041) Lithology: Major:{slate}, Minor:{schist,quartzite}, Incidental:{phyllite} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
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